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Black Should Resign If One Player Has Four Corners
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The proverb "Black should resign if one player has four corners" is a concatenation of two proverbs: "If Black has all four corners, Black should resign" and "if White has all four corners, Black should resign". They are tongue-in-cheek statements based on the fact that normally White is a stronger player than Black. Therefore, if White has managed to capture all four corners, it is assumed that Black has lost the game. Conversely, if White has let Black take all four corners, White has taken so much profit elsewhere that Black should still resign. -- Morten Pahle (10kyu)
An example of a pro game where Black has four corners and loses the game: the first game of the Kisei 2003 between O Rissei and Yamashita Keigo. See See also Proverbs Do Not Apply To White. Path: GoProverbs · Prev: LearningJosekiLosesTwoStonesStrength · Next: IfYouDoNotKnowLaddersDonTPlayGo This is a copy of the living page "Black Should Resign If One Player Has Four Corners" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |