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There is Damezumari in the Bamboo Joint
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Keywords: Tactics, Proverb
The bamboo joint is a powerful shape that cannot be cut. But because of its compactness and the gross amount of shared liberties within the four stones, there are only 10 liberties in the isolated bamboo joint. Bamboo joints can be attacked by setting up a connect and die or with damezumari. Example 1
Black to win the capturing race (semeai).
The hane at 1 threatens a connection, followed by the atari at 3. This exploits the shortage of liberties (damezumari) in the bamboo joint, and White is unable to play at a. Example 2Scartol: Bamboo joints are not invincible, as I found out. I played the marked stone and felt incredibly proud of myself for breaking through to my formerly dead group. Still lost the game, but playing the tesuji felt so good.
Path: GoProverbs · Prev: NeverIgnoreAShoulderHit · Next: AnswerTheCappingPlayWithAKnightSMove Path: GiveMeLiberties · Prev: DonTTakeAwayYourOwnLiberties · Next: FiveLibertiesForTacticalStability This is a copy of the living page "There is Damezumari in the Bamboo Joint" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |