The Shusaku opening, or Shusaku fuseki (秀策流布石), is a famous
traditional
fuseki
''Fuseki'' (Japanese: ; ) is the whole board opening in the game of Go.
Characteristics Less systematic
Since each move is typically isolated and unforced (i.e. not a sente move), patterns for play on the whole board have seen much less sy ...
for black stones in the
game of Go. It was developed to perfection (but not invented) by
Honinbo Shusaku
In the history of Go in Japan, the four Go houses were four major schools of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. (There were also many minor houses.) At roughly the same time shogi w ...
and passed down to the
Meiji,
Taishō, and
Shōwa eras.
With its variants, it constituted the basis of the major theories of ''fuseki'' for nearly a century, until the 1930s, at which point the introduction of ''
komidashi
in the game of Go are points added to the score of the player with the white stones as compensation for playing second. The value of Black's first-move advantage is generally considered to be between 5 and 7 points by the end of the game.
Stand ...
'' and major innovations under the ''
shinfuseki
or ''new opening strategy'' was the change of attitude to go opening theory that set in strongly in Japan in 1933. It corresponds, a little later, to hypermodern play in chess, with the inversion that ''shinfuseki'' thought the center of the boar ...
'' opening occurred. However, as a testimony to its effectiveness, this type of opening is still played by professionals when playing without a ''
komi'' handicap.
The orthodox Shusaku fuseki is as follows:
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In the history of Go in Japan, the four Go houses were four major schools of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. (There were also many minor houses.) At roughly the same time shogi w ...
's birth.
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