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Attack And Defence
   

During the middle game or chuban, groups come under attack.

Attack

Attacking techniques

Attacking concepts

  • Making the target heavy
  • Close off the escape routes

Defense

Defending techniques

Defending concepts

  • Keeping a light? and flexible formation
  • Avoid being enclosed
  • Sacrifice

Overall

Overall concepts

Objectives of an attack

  • Attack to make territory
  • Attack to create thickness
  • Go out for the kill (only) if the opponent ignores the attack

Basic tactics

Fights where two groups struggle for life are semeais.

Further study

Books on this subject are Attack and defense by Akira Ishida? and James Davies?, in the elementary series, and Get strong at attacking by Richard Bozulich.


Authors:

DieterVerhofstadt



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