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Tenuki
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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Go term

'Tenuki' is used to denote playing somewhere else. If Black plays tenuki, he does not answer White's last move locally, but instead adds a move in another part of the board.

BillSpight: One of the commonest amateur mistakes is getting locked into the local fight and continuing to play there when there are larger plays elsewhere. Tenuki is always an option.

IronChefSakai: That reminds me of a go proverb that go somewhat like this: "Play the big points first"

Fenomenoide: There's other proverb "With less than 15 stones in danger, tenuki."

Bill: I think players do not tenuki enough, but, pardon me, that so-called proverb is ridiculous.
Just my 2 cents worth.

SAS: I think this proverb is misquoted. I recall it as something like "If it's worth only 15 points, tenuki." Assuming this means 15 points in gote, deiri counting, and assuming that it's not meant to apply to the endgame, then this is quite reasonable.

KarlKnechtel: A stone on the board is generally worth two points as I see it - it's a stone you're opponent hasn't captured, on a space that now isn't your opponent's territory. That's a rough way of looking at things, but still. With that in mind, "If it's only worth 15 points, tenuki" resembles the Russian proverb "Sacrifice every group of fewer than seven stones" (see HumourAlmostProverbs). That one was meant to be facetious, but the point is clear. :)



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