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settling the shape
Settling the shape is the opposite of keeping flexibility. aji-keshi and kikashi are two flavours of settling the shape. Mostly a player will settle the shape when he sees a sequence giving him undisputed victory or a definite advantage. Some players will also do it as a matter of style, perhaps because they are less at ease when their opponent has a lot of choices. Kobayashi Koichi is said to be such a player. To many people, settling the shape early is against the true spirit of the game. In Killer of Go, Sakata comments a game of his against Go Seigen, in which he didn't know how to handle a certain area. "So I settled the shape first and then decided how to play." This is a copy of the living page "settling the shape" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |