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Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? [#2884]

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184.155.204.17: Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? (2013-05-07 06:12) [#9629]

I'm very new to Go, as is the friend who is both my rival and mentor. When the small group of us play, it's often a theme that there will be at least one, but often many cases where one person plays a nobi, that the response is another nobi. These are usually during the first few moves of the game, as none of us have strong joseki.

If someone's nobi makes their 2 stone chain adjacent to your 2 stone chain into a 3 stone chain, why should you just nobi into a 3 stone chain? How do you know when to stop the nobi?

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68.99.65.50: Re: Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? (2013-05-07 12:27) [#9630]

can you post some diagrams?

HermanHiddema: Re: Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? (2013-05-07 13:01) [#9631]

See: Pushing from behind

Dieter: Re: Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? (2013-07-29 12:02) [#9812]

Indeed, pushing from behind addresses this question adequately.

Slarty: Re: Nobi Nobi Nobi, how do you know when to stop? (2013-05-07 21:52) [#9633]

Nobi, hane or otherwise walk ahead is always a big move but it will be less and less of an attack as the other line of stones grows.

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pashley: ((no subject)) (2013-07-28 21:30) [#9810]

Two proverbs which apply in many of these positions are Hane at the Head of Two Stones and The one-point jump is never bad.

The hard part, of course, is knowing when they apply — if I could see that reliably, I'd be at least five stones stronger — but they are almost always worth thinking about.

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71.72.56.201: reminder to avoid playing near thickness (2013-07-29 05:31) [#9811]

Also the cardinal proverb, play away from thickness, to clarify my comment above. -Slarty

 
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