Finger

    Keywords: Go term

A finger is a group of stones that a player pokes into an opponent's territory. Alternative names sometimes used are worm or snake.

[Diagram]
Finger (groups stable to the left)  

W1 starts a finger. Various responses for Black a - e were tried.



[Diagram]
Finger variation d  

One way to defend is to play loosely.



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Bad finger variation  

Often contact plays will not stop the finger.



Charles B4, B6, B8 are bad. In particular B8 is a classic squeezing out the toothpaste mistake.


-- Hu


Finger last edited by CharlesMatthews on October 3, 2003 - 08:22
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