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Cutting Point
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Go term

A cutting point is an empty point between two chains of stones. If the opponent plays at that point, the two chains are cut .

[Diagram]
Diag.: Cutting point

Black has a cutting point at the circled point.



If the cutting stone can be captured immediately, there is no cutting point.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Not a real cutting point

In this position, a white move at the marked point puts itself in atari. Black's stones are in fact connected by a hanging connection.



[Diagram]
Diag.: Threat to cut

White can of course threaten to cut. After White 1, there is again a cutting point at a, so Black now has to connect there. White 1 is called nozoki.



In the following diagram, the marked black stone protects the cutting point in a fancy way (see keima connection). If White cuts, her cutting stone will be captured in a ladder towards the bottom, or in a loose ladder towards the left. So in a broader sense, there is no cutting point, yet this position contains some aji.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Broader sense


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