Twirl

6 connects  

, , are the twirl^[1], a variation of the squeeze tesuji performed on the first line. Japanese: guru-guru mawashi (spin round and round).

Bill: I am not sure that this is guruguru mawashi.

If connects, in this case White connects up with , leaving Black with a floating clump. In other cases, White may be able to capture Black entirely.

tderz: We should be able to find a more spectacular example for guru-guru mawashi.

White to live.  

dnerra: Here is a variant of this tesuji that I recently missed in one my games.

Answer to appear on a separate page.

[1]

Name suggested by Bob Myers. (?) Other proposed names: "edge wrap", "first-line edge wrap", "edge wrap squeeze", "squeeze wrap", "connection squeeze" (Holigor); "shrink-wrap tesuji" (charkysan?).