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ear point
    Keywords: Go term

Two known similar usages.

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Diag.: Ear point reduction

The 'ear' of Black's marked one-point jump is the point with the marked white stone on it. It's a typical reduction technique.


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Diag.: Ear of two-point jump

With a two-point jump in the centre of the board, the number of ways of cutting is quite large. From the point of view of shape, occupying an ear point (said to have been called that by Kitani Minoru) sets up some of the best sequences. White plays at the marked point, or a, b, c. See table shape.



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