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Third Line
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Opening, Strategy

The third line is the line of territory.

The third line is useful for taking secure territory, and particularly for making the base of a group.

It is the usual line to use for a wedge play on a side.

The third line was used extensively in Edo period go. Gradually the fourth line was used more for extensions. There are good reasons for that.


Barring surrounding stones, a two-space extension on the third line cannot be cut. -- Chris Hayashida



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