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elementary moves 2
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Go term

Under conssruction - patience, please. You are welcome to add 'typical usages' and other comments or correct mistaeks, but please do not yet judge it.


The more basic moves are discussed at elementary moves 1.

How Moves relate to Friendly and Hostile Stones

Moves close to both one enemy stone and one friendly stone

[21] Push

[Diagram]
Push



A move in direct contact with both an enemy stone and a friendly stone on different lines.

  • Typical use:



[22] Tsukiatari or bump

[Diagram]
Bump



A move in direct contact with both an enemy stone and a friendly stone on the same line. Black bumps into the white stone.

  • Typical use:



[23] ハネ Hane

[Diagram]
Hane



A move in direct contact with an enemy stone and in (just) diagonal friendly contact. The hostile stone is in direct contact with the earlier friendly stone.

  • Typical use: block (osae)
  • Proverbs:
  1. There is death in the hane
  2. Hane at the head of two
  3. Respond to attachment with hane



[24] Kosumi-tsuke

[Diagram]
Kosumi-tsuke



Another move in direct contact with an enemy stone and in (just) diagonal friendly contact. This time the hostile stone is at keima.

  • Typical use:

See also Basic instinct, for discussion of standard replies.



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