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Play at the centre of three stones
Path: GoProverbs   · Prev: TheEmptyTriangleIsBad   · Next: AnswerKeimaWithKosumi
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Proverb

[Diagram]
Diag.: Vital point

The three black stones are put under pressure here by the white stones (particularly the marked ones). Black 1 is correct shape. This is the point known as the 'centre' of the three stones.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Good shape

In reply to White 2, Black builds good shape with 3 and 5. Despite White's hane plays, Black has organised an eye already.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Not so good

Black 1 here is less helpful. White 2 is good, and nothing Black can do is as good a shape as in the previous diagram. After White 4 Black feels strongly the lack of a stone at a.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Eye-stealing relationships

Another clue to the vital point is that the square-marked stone makes an eye-stealing relationship with each of the circle-marked stones.



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