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Answer Keima with Kosumi
Path: GoProverbs · Prev: PlayAtTheCentreOfThreeStones · Next: FiveLibertiesForTacticalStability
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Shape, Proverb
Here's an example.
In this situation Black answers the keima slide of Other discussionThis means to play kosumi (diagonal move) when your opponent plays a keima (knight's move) approach to your stone. Your kosumi will be on the point that the approach aimed at. It also aims at a shoulder hit (katatsuki) against your opponent's stone. Take for example the following situation that often arises in a handicap game:
White approaches at
BillSpight: Actually,
But this, while joseki, is slow, and is usually avoided. The kosumi-tsuke is good to know, but also relies on the surroundings. You would not typically respond with either kosumi or kosumi-tsuke to a keima kakari. So how come this is a "proverb"? Aside from here, I have seen it only on Jan van der Steen's list, and did not find an explanation there. The other way around makes more sense:
Material moved to keima slide and ogeima slide by Charles Matthews. Path: GoProverbs · Prev: PlayAtTheCentreOfThreeStones · Next: FiveLibertiesForTacticalStability This is a copy of the living page "Answer Keima with Kosumi" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |