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Atari Atari
   

Once I dropped by a go club in Kyoto when an 8th dan was giving a class. I sat in. In critiquing an amateur game he said, "Atari! Atari! It feels good, but maybe it's not so good."

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Diag.: Atari, atari

Before Black ataris White has 2 liberties and Black has a cutting point at 'a'. After Black's atari and White's extension, White has 3 liberties and Black has 2 cutting points, 'a' and 'b', to worry about.

This example illustrates the problem. It feels good to make forcing plays, but often the result is to strengthen the opponent's stones and to weaken our own.

--BillSpight



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