Central Rook Study

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P-76

P-34

P-26

Open bishop diagonals. Black plays static rook.3.

Bx22+

Sente can initiate a bishop exchange at any point. I will not show every one possible but some at certain points of interest.3.

S-48

P-44

If sente does not push rook pawn it is best to close bishop diagonal and continue with normal ranging rook.

Playing as sente (see chapter 3) playing 1. P56 allows for sente to play central rook always.5.

P-26

R-52

P-25

B-33

K-68

10.

K-62

11.

K-78

12.

K-72

13.

G49-58

14.

K-82

15.

P-36

16.

S-72

17.

S-37

18.

S-32

19.

S-46

20.

S-43

21.

P-96

22.

P-94

Normal central rook. Can easily be transitioned into silver horns central rook by creating kimura mino.23.

N-37

24.

P-54

Note this pawn push can be done earlier to maintain control over the center.25.

S-68

26.

G-32

27.

P-16

28.

R-51

28.

P-45

This move is slightly early but this idea is important to know29.

Bx33+

30.

Nx33

silver cannot escape.
If knight was not advanced then silver would likely retreat.31.

Nx45

32.

Nx45

33.

Sx45

Note potential for rook gold fork. This is one reason moving R 51 is useful.4.

R-52

Blunder. will be punished by wrong diagonal5.

Bx22+

Sx22

B*56

P-54

Will also be punished by bishop exchange5.

Bx22+

Sx22

B*53

P-54

Signature move of gokigen5

P-25

Bx22+

Rx22

B*53

This is a bad place to drop8.

B*42

R-52

S-48

P-24

Px24

Rx24

10.

Bx88+

11.

Sx88

12.

B*33

13.

Rx21+

Aggresive13.

R-28

Passive14.

P*26

14.

Bx88+

This is thought to be significantly better for gote7.

G49-58

Note that Rook can no longer protect 888.

P-55

P-24

Early pawn push. this will begin a super rapid game.

Note I will cover briefly some of these lines.
There is a lot of theory behind it and it is very unlikely that it will be played in most amateur games.
There are many resources to find deeper lines.10.

Px24

11.

Rx24

12.

P-56

13.

Px56

14.

Bx88+

15.

Sx88

16.

B*33

17.

Rx21+

18.

Bx88+

Super rapid game. Look at Chapter 3 for the continuation of this line and why playing super rapid as sente is advantageous.
Hidetchi has good videos explaining these joseki7.

Bx22+

Murayama Vaccine. Turns game into a slow game.8.

Rx22

Taking with rook is not good9.

B*53

10.

B*42

11.

B-26+

Benefitial for sente8.

Sx22

S-78

New maruyama vaccine9.

S-88

10.

S-33

11.

S-48

12.

K-62

13.

K-68

14.

K-72

15.

P-46

16.

S-62

17.

K-78

18.

R-22

Possible line after murayama vaccine8

P-55

K-68

B-33

Continue with standard slow game.11

P-36

K-62

S-37

Super High Speed Silver-3714

S-42

S-46

S-53

K-78

S-44

S-68

K-72

S-77

K-82

S-66

This position is strong against gokigen24

G-32

G49-58

S-72

P-96

P-94

N-37

R-51

Fully formed castles and attacking positions. Will be a difficult game for gote.

Rook protects 21 if sente breaks file 2. Such as when bishop must move away from bishop diagonal. It allows gote to not have to drop a pawn to stop sente's rook from promoting

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