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LadderBreaker
LadderBlock
LadderBreakers

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Shicho
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Shicho-Atari
    Keywords: Tactics, Go term

A shicho-atari (ladder-breaker) is a stone that prevents a successful shicho (ladder).

It may be an existing stone on the board. Or it may be a play made after the ladder has been set up - in the latter case, the player who has the ladder must decide whether to complete the ladder capture, or answer the ladder-breaker. This can be a serious dilemma.

See shicho for more information.



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