Even a moron connects against a peep

Keywords: Proverb

Often, very often, simply connecting at in response to a peep such as is the best answer. In fact, exceptions to this rule are so rare that people quote the old Go proverb "Even a moron connects against a peep".

--Stefan

HolIgor:

A very long time ago, when I only started to play I met this in a pro game. Beautiful. There are many ways to connect stones.

is joseki. A different and wise connection.

unkx80: In a number of games, I noticed that one player makes a peep, and then the other player makes a counter peep, the first player connects, and then the second player connects too.

Eventually, the first peep was answered by a connection, but not immediately.

Alex Weldon: I would like to propose a related proverb, "Sente punishes the peep."