Square Fuseki ▪ Square Opening

Oh I found the proverb I referenced in my explanation of square fuseki:

To explain further, the idea is that Black must use his first move advantage to focus on developing outwards influence because White has extra points from komi, meaning if Black and White take turns claiming territory, i.e. third-line moves, White will automatically win in the end. Of course this isn’t exactly true – KataGo proves proverbs like this aren’t true a lot of the time. But I think one of the goals of playing square fuseki is to rebel against AI moves (at least AI joseki) anyway. And I don’t see AI generating clever and funny proverbs like these.

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