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Eye Stealing Tesuji
The Eye stealing tesuji typically involves the following shape:
The circled spot is the crucial point for making shape.
If white plays there, the shape is destroyed. Usually, the marked white stone is in place, so that Black eventually will have to prevent the cut and connect at 'a', ending up with a clumsy shape.
This shape destroying move effectively steals an eye from Black.
For comparison, this diagram. See also: HowTheCutIsProtected The same information, but more compact, is to be found at LearnTheEyeStealingTesuji This is a copy of the living page "Eye Stealing Tesuji" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |