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Split shape
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Tactics

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Split shape



Locally speaking this is very bad for White: the stones WC and WS cannot help each other at all.

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The history?

White must have some extremely good reason to allow B3 here. Mostly White should answer B1 at B3, founded on basic instinct.


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Possible dodging

It is conceivable that White might want instead to treat WC as a sacrifice, with W2 and W4 here.



This is from six good and six bad shapes.

Charles Matthews


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