Charles Matthews Article Series On Your Side

Introduction

Charles Matthews series of articles on the opening in Go explained by studying the positions on the side. It is quite uncommon to take one side as the explicit unit; usually people discuss full board openings, or the highly-developed theory of corner openings.

Contents

• Framework Foundations
• Approach on the Open Side
• Anti-Framework Measures
• The Yardstick and the Wedge
• The Modern Wedge
• Adding Asymmetry
• Shimamura's Formation
• 9 Dans at Play
• Introducing the Chinese Style
• Chinese: Open Side Approach
• Chinese: Lower Side Plays
• Chinese: Staying Light
• Chinese: Reduction Plays
• The Anti-Chinese Plan
• Anti-Chinese: One-Point High Pincer
• Ch'ung Am Research
• Boldly Enclosing
• Kobayashi's Formation
• Kobayashi: Distal Approach
• Takagi's Extension
• Anti-Kobayashi: Double Approach
• Anti-Kobayashi: Outside Contact
• Anti-Kobayashi: Extra Star
• Iwata's Formation
• Empty Corner and 5-3
• Empty Corner and 3-3

All articles Copyright © Charles Matthews 2000

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