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push
Keywords: Go term
The marked black stone pushes along, taking territory and also reducing the liberties on the white stone. This is a typical pushing play, of the kind that can lead to a pushing battle. In Japanese it would be oshi. Pushing from behind is considered to be disadvantageous. Push in, push out, push through relate to a complex of different basic patterns, the Japanese de and degiri (q.v.). This is a copy of the living page "push" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |