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The one-point jump is never bad
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Tactics, Go term, Proverb

Good advice seldom comes any simpler than this.[1] A one-point jump like B1 in the diagram below, is very often a good move. There are two obvious arguments in favor of this move: it is not easy to cut this shape successfully (see cutting the one-point jump), and it is a relatively fast way to jump out towards the center. Experiment with it in your games: play one if you really have no idea what else to play.

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One-point jump


--Stefan


[1] It is sometimes translated as "A one-space jump is never wrong." This is what Bill Spight says about that translation: "... an overstatement and a mistranslation. ...: A one-space jump is never bad. While still an overstatement, it is more accurate, since a even a good play can be wrong, and a not bad play will be wrong more often than that."



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