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Capture the Cutting Stones
Path: GoProverbs · Prev: HaneAtTheHeadOfTwo · Next: BeginnersPlayAtari
Keywords: Proverb
This is a proverb which may be stated in different ways:
Leaving cutting stones usually means leaving aji behind. Later in the game aji can become your downfall. When the capture is a ponnuki, there are shape reasons to capture. But quite generally there are strategic reasons to capture if that also connects (and so reduces your number of weak groups). There is a corollary to one of the meanings of this proverb: cut the side you don't want. Examples
Capture the cutting stones in joseki 1 Path: GoProverbs · Prev: HaneAtTheHeadOfTwo · Next: BeginnersPlayAtari This is a copy of the living page "Capture the Cutting Stones" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |