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Dango
Path: Mistake · Prev: ClumsyDoubleContact · Next: DeathInGote
Keywords: Shape
Dango means 'dumpling shape', and refers to a solid mass of stones without eyes and few liberties - a very inefficient shape.
The marked white stones are an example of this. (From squeeze tesuji). --MortenPahle (10kyu) Here's an example of an incredible Dango that my opponent created last night on KGS....
In this sequence it became clear to me why the proverb says BeginnersPlayAtari, although my responses were atari plays too, so who am I to talk?
I think it's true to say that here are 13 black stones that have only 5 liberties, and have captured no firm territory yet (and only 3 white stones). I guess heavy and inefficient are the polite terms for this scenario... This made me think of the dango as a kind of cancerous tumour growing in the heart of one's play, drawing in the host's strength and storing up trouble for the future. Characterising them in that way will definitely help me focus my mind on dango-avoidance in future. --Phlegmatic (19kyu KGS)
unkx80: Certainly Black can play double atari here?
Phlegmatic: Black was showing a stubborn refusal to sacrifice stones that, to my shame, was making me get careless. If black had played 2 here, it would be no less than I deserved.
Jan: Black 4 in the 'the dango swells' diagram seems at first glance very silly to me. Surely Black can play 4 at White 5? Dieter: Given the peculiar form of the dango I am sure he was under some kind of influence. Path: Mistake · Prev: ClumsyDoubleContact · Next: DeathInGote This is a copy of the living page "Dango" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |