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Table Point Play
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I would like to define a table point as the unoccupied intersection which would enable one side to complete a table shape. A special case of the eye-stealing tesuji, a play here can be very telling, as in this example from a game between Takagawa and Kitani Minoru:

Takagawa Shukaku (Black) versus Kitani Minoru. Played in 1956.

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Here, a is a table point. Takagawa played here with powerful effect:


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Play continued as follows:


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Black acquired powerful influence and separated white's centre group from the corner, while white's marked stone was injured. Kitani was under constant attack for the remainder of the game, which ended in his resignation on move 143.

TristanJones



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