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Cross-cut then extend
    Keywords: MiddleGame, Proverb

The proverb Crosscut ? Then extend ( or The first to extend from a crosscut has the advantage) is somewhat misleading. There has been a lot of criticism that can be read at the CrosscutThenExtendTechnicalDiscussion page. A way to interpret the proverb is to reduce it to a not so common situation:

When there are no other stones nearby, extending from the crosscut gives the advantage

Some diagrams to explain. Let's quantify the result with the number of liberties.

[Diagram]
Isolated crosscut

An isolated cross-cut. Black to play.


[Diagram]
Atari and connect

It is tempting to play atari. Then connecting at B3 is a good idea. However, this strengthens White. She has two groups with an average of 2.5 liberties. Black has two groups with an average of three liberties; but it is White's turn.


[Diagram]
Extend

After the more defensive-looking extension it is White's turn. White has two liberties for both of her stones and Black has three liberties on average. Clearly this is an improvement to the atari-connect diagram.



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Nobody seemed to object to my draft, so I replaced the old content of this proverb with the draft and moved the old content to a discussion page. --Dieter



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