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)

In fact, even better than ...S-3c (as given below) is ...B*3c.  Then
either Bx8b+, Sx8b, S-8h, B*4e or Bx3c+, Sx3c and in both cases White
is better.

Steve (who's sorry he missed this earlier :-) )


> > 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   |                  |
> > >+--------------------------------------------+      +------------------+
>