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submarine
    Keywords: Go term

Unsupported play on the second line. Usually inside or on the edge of the opponent's framework.

Other names include mole play (supposedly from the Japanese). The hem play is like this:

[Diagram]
Diag.: White's hem play


On the edge of an open skirt, you see.

Submarine plays are usually trying first for quick life. Certainly they concede influence.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Black plays for influence


White plays this way, probably, to gain life in a black framework, avoiding the diagonal attachment. Black 2 here won't kill the white group - the 3-3 point is still open - but is a good play for central influence.

Submarine plays accord with the current fashion for a sharp, territorial style (the 'Korean way').



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