From: Stephen J Lamb <SJL <at> DEV <dot> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 2 jan 1997
Subject: Re: "QUEST" Masuda's Ishida-ryu (1)

> I think the frightening variation for White is (from Black) P-7d, Px7d,
> Bx2b+, Sx2b, B*5e instead of Black's K-3h in the main flow.
> How would you play after Black's P-7d, if you were White, everybody??
> It will be the fork of Rook and Silver.


Don't worry, I don't think the above variation is as threatening as it
seems.  After P-7d, Px7d, Bx2b+, Sx2b, B*5e I think joseki is simply to
play ...S-3c!  Then after Bx8b+, Sx8b, Rx7d White can defend with S-7c
(and maybe G-7b/K-6b etc.) and look for a nasty Bishop drop such as
B*5d/4e/5e later.

Remember the proverb 'do not fear the Bishop for Rook exchange in the
opening' (or something like that ;-) ).  Usually a Bishop in hand in
the opening rather than a Rook is more threatening since there are no
good places to drop the Rook but there are good places to drop the
Bishop.

Steve.

>
> Takako Noda <mxc06231 <at> JA2 <dot> SO-NET <dot> OR <dot> JP> wrote $B!' (J
>
> >   9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1
> >+--------------------------------------------+       White in hand:
> >| wL | wN | wS | wG | wK | wG | wS | wN | wL |  a   +------------------+
> >+--------------------------------------------+      |                  |
> >|    | wR |    |    |    |    |    | wB |    |  b   |                  |
> >+--------------------------------------------+      +------------------+
> >| wP |    | wP | wP | wP | wP |    | wP | wP |  c
> >+--------------------------------------------
> >|    |    |    |    |    |    | wP |    |    |  d
> >+--------------------------------------------+
> >|    | wP | bP |    |    |    |    |    |    |  e
> >+--------------------------------------------+
> >|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  f
> >+--------------------------------------------+
> >| bP | bP |    | bP | bP | bP | bP | bP | bP |  g
> >+--------------------------------------------+      Black in hand:
> >|    | bB | bR |    |    | bK |    |    |    |  h   +------------------+
> >+--------------------------------------------+      |                  |
> >| bL | bN | bS | bG |    | bG | bS | bN | bL |  i   |                  |
> >+--------------------------------------------+      +------------------+