Re: [gnugo-devel] Hoshi joseki work

[Gunnar Farneback]

Dan wrote:
> I noticed two added patterns that seem not urgent enough to 
> warrant J classification. These two might be j patterns.
> 
> Pattern JH755
> 
> --------+
> ........|
> ........|
> ........|
> ..X.X...|
> ........|
> ........|
> ....O...|
> ........|
> ........|
> .....*..|
> ........|
> ........|
> ........|
> 
> :8,sFJ

Ishida says tenuki is okay, but if O plays a local move, it should be
one line farther away than in this pattern.

> Pattern JH708
> 
> --------+
> ........|
> ........|
> ........|
> ..X.X*..|
> ........|
> ........|
> ....O...|
> ........|
> ........|
> 
> :8,sFJ
> 
> After this, B's strongest move is at R15, sometimes
> followed by S15 after W crosscuts. There are no
> variations for these moves. I'm not sure how much
> of this there is in Ishida's Joseki book, but I
> think there's at least a few variations, more in
> another book that Evan probably doesn't have.

Ishida has 7 diagrams on that variation, one of which is marked as
joseki.

/Gunnar