Category: Swinging Rook
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Bishop-exchanging 4th-file Rook, Joseki
Bishop-exchanging 4th-file rook is one type of swinging rook strategy where the swinging rook side tries to take advantage of a bishop exchange in the early stage. It opposes to traditional swinging rooks theory where a bishop exchange is thought to be not good for the swinging rook side, because the conventional swinging rook is…
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Central Rook, Joseki
This article introduces a basic opening for the Central Rook, which is a swinging rook strategy, where the rook is swung to 5th file. Central rook was a defensive strategy aiming counterattacks, but a professional player Masakazu Kondo established innovative opening strategy called Gokigen Central Rook. “Gokigen” means happy or feeling good in Japanese. The…
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3rd-File Rook, Joseki
This article introduces a basic opening for 3rd-File Rook especially for the Ishida-Style Joseki. The 3rd-file rook is one of swinging rook strategies, where the rook is swung to the 3rd file from the left side in the early opening. It is an opening strategy for swinging rook when you are black (first move). 1.…
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4th File Rook, Saginomiya Joseki
The Saginomiya Joseki is a rapid attack Joseki in static rook vs 4th-file rook. The opening strategy was invented by two professional players; Teruichi Aono and Kunio Yonenaga. It is named after the place in Tokyo, where the two inventors lived. Both of them are static rook player. The strategy was became famous when Yonenaga…
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4th File Rook, Yamada Joseki
4th-file rook is my favorite opening strategy. It is often said that it is good for beginners, because the strategy can flexibly utilized against any type of opposite side’s tactics, and also it contains many essence of techniques. However, the Joseki include a lot of branches of variable, so I am feeling that it is…