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Let The Enemy Off In Order To Snare Him
Path: SecretArtOfWar · Prev: LureTheTigerOutOfTheMountain · Next: SowDiscordInTheEnemiesCamp
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Proverb, MiddleGame, Attack & Defence, Strategy
Part of Secret Art of War Careful delay in attack will bring destruction to the enemy. This stratagem tells us not to make an all out attack on the opponent, when the situation does not heavily favour us. Of course, the question arises why e.g. not to kill a group if one is able to do so. Several points come to mind:
In short, it's better to create a weak group (and keep it weak) that can be used to gain important points somewhere else on the board, than to make a (small?) capture that leaves a lot of aji behind. If you have examples from games insert them here. Path: SecretArtOfWar · Prev: LureTheTigerOutOfTheMountain · Next: SowDiscordInTheEnemiesCamp This is a copy of the living page "Let The Enemy Off In Order To Snare Him" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |