CHAPTER 1 ‘The Vital Points of Fuseki Dring the carly stages of ase which exert a great influence on te future development ofa game of go it is probably more important to grasp te een factors by intuition that to make a deep analysis of local sit This ste wide field of vision which requires deep insight to determine the points of profit and inloence, and ‘one should master this power dlcern the tlie in Portanee of play and the far-seeing wisdom to derive profit fiom emergencies. noe the common rules af fiseki coneeming occups- tion ofthe corer. thet closing and attack are given inthe ‘specialized books on tat sbjet | will give only two oF thre basic tactical ules at hs point as foundation fran intitional grasp of the subject and then proceed toa more etd discussion.The essentials of the Splitting Play The situation in dgram | appeared in the fst game ofthe sith Honinbo tile match, which was fought on April 411881 Let us study teh sping play which White made om eh lower side with his eth py First if white had used this ith play according to jose as shown in degra I-A, lang to the Back form tion n 1-0, then, in canta to Whats verconentraton on the el side, Black's occupation ofthe handicap points (2-16 and Q-4 imposes a good balance oer the board as {whole adit cannot be done that Whe flow at ist tndhas allowed his opponent to eta slat over hi It can never be forgoten tht over concentstion of strength is forbidden in sei “Kh Sererpr sy qaaeunal SHODERUNSKIENNOPAKS Ana yet, if White sandons the lower side ently and ion assumes the sequence of diagram I-B ening ‘with Block a K-3, this division of tray also ute Proftale for White, ‘Again, considering the lower se, if White plays a3 sx shown in diagram I-C, since the Whit stone ther adjoins strong Black postin i cannot fit be unprotable, and ‘when it sues the excellent squeezing stack or atack from both sides) which comes with Black 6 at 3, White's postre ‘svery eramped Ths, il be sen that White's eighth play was very brian’ and required an intense study ofthe etre Board Moreover, tis spliting play was made because ofthe fact that there is om fora two-space extension either tthe lellor dhe rightConcerning the Width of Extensions Extensions are made from two to as far as five spaces. I believe that in actual play errors of judgement in select- ing the correct extension are frequent. Of course, it goes without saying that the surrounding formations, the course that the battle may take in the future, and so on, determine the final decision, but let us examine the following situation from an actual game. Diagram 2 LT [TTT OT | te tt | Steet tof oy tf — rite Li i} ce Tt — yt || |. ot | aol | T 1 4 f- 1 1. . ef a lel petal | Parker T T || t fb @ | DABC | po Diagram -C Diagram 2D Where the formation is as shown in diagram 2, the choice of an extension of three, four, five spaces at A, B, or C, or rarely the two-space extension at D, is determned entirely by the situation on the lower right side of the board. I hope that the reader will analyze the following diagrams before looking at the answers on the next page. —4-