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Hanging Connection
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Go term

An indirect way of defending a cutting point.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Hanging connection

Black has a cutting point at a. The play at the circled point enables Black to defend it - now a white stone played at a is in atari. In this case it is better shape for Black to play as shown.


[Diagram]
Diag.: The other hanging connection

Black has this other choice of hanging connection, but that is certainly worse. The White peep at 1 is embarrassing.



[Diagram]
Diag.: Double hanging connection

In this case Black 1 covers two cutting points.


[Diagram]
Diag.: avoid two peeps

Because a double hanging connection allows two peeps, it should often be avoided. Here Black 1 might be better.


[Diagram]
Diag.: a raw peep

In this case White 1 may be criticised as a raw peep: a peep at a cutting point that still might be useful as a cut.

Charles Matthews



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