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Keima
Keywords: Go term
A Keima is often referred to as a 'knights move', as the pattern is the same as the way the chess piece moves. This is the same as in Japanese where the term keima comes from the knight-equivalent piece in shogi.
In the absence of other stones around, a keima cannot be cut apart. Black 1 and 3 cut white, but with 4, white will capture black 1 in a shicho. Black can change the side the shicho goes by playing 1 at 2. The keima is often used by the attacking player in a fight. It is often regarded too weak for defense (an ikken tobi being better), but effective in diminishing the running space of a group which is under attack.
GoranSiska - Keima is also a tesuji for connecting two groups. This is a copy of the living page "Keima" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |