Quest of the lost systems

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Chapter One: Yagura

Section 3: The Morishita System

From your tour guide:
Puzzled by (b)R-1g? That makes two of us. But allow me to present what I thought. After having one P in hand, Black is now determined to take the offensive. In due course, he will have to open the Bishop path by P-4e. The R on 1g guards the N on 3g, otherwise en prise. If you have any other ideas, please join in!

Next I'll show you the game in which White took the bo-gin. Again from the meijin-sen played by Nakahara(b) and Yonenaga(w) on April 10 & 11, 1991.

  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
+---------------------------+
|wL wN  *  *  *  *  * wN wL |a      White in hand: nothing
| * wR  *  *  *  * wG wK  * |b
| *  * wS wP  * wG wS wP wP |c
|wP  * wP wB wP wP wP  *  * |d
| * wP  *  *  *  *  *  *  * |e
| *  * bP bP bP  * bP bP bP |f
|bP bP bS bG  * bP bN  *  * |g
| * bK bG bB  * bS bR  *  * |h      Black in hand: nothing
|bL bN  *  *  *  *  *  * bL |i
+---------------------------+
Diagram 3. Nakahara(b) vs Yonenaga(w), up to (w)S-7c.

  S-5g   S-8d;    P-6e   B-4b;     S5g-6f N-7c;     N-2e   S-2d;   
  B-4f   R-8c;    P-5e   Px5e;     Bx5e   P-9e;     P*5d  (Diagram 4)  

  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
+---------------------------+
|wL  *  *  *  *  *  * wN wL |a        White in hand: P 
| *  *  *  *  * wB wG wK  * |b
| * wR wN wP  * wG  * wP wP |c
| * wS wP  * bP wP wP wS  * |d
|wP wP  * bP bB  *  * bN  * |e
| *  * bP bS  *  * bP bP bP |f
|bP bP bS bG  * bP  *  *  * |g
| * bK bG  *  *  * bR  *  * |h        Black in hand: nothing
|bL bN  *  *  *  *  *  * bL |i
+---------------------------+
Diagram 4. Up to (b)P*5d.

Against the bo-gin, Black pushes his P on the 6th file to place the right S on 6f. This is another joseki to remember. The last move on Diagram 4, (b)P*5d, did the trick to lead the game in Black's favor. If White counters with Gx5d, then will follow: Bx7c+, Sx7c, N*4f. Nakahara actually won this game in a breeze.

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