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Answer the capping play with a knight's move
Keywords: Shape, Proverb
In fact, this proverb should probably read
Third line
Why this knight's move played? Probably because it is a double purpose move. Its first purpose is to make territory while connecting, ...
... and its second to prepare an attack like in this diagram. For comparison ...
If Black defends and connects at Fourth line
This situation yields quite a different shape. In this case, an extension to
Because the stones are one line higher, the keima has a weakness and does not cooperate too well with the follow up at I open up this proverb page as food for discussion. I have far from the theoretical background to back up these ideas but I do have the advice from Guo Juan and indeed experienced the strengths and weaknesses of the shapes discussed. (later) I now realize that the answer may depend more of the surrounding stones than the line of the capped stone. See tower peep. Could these two proverbs summarized as: Reply to a capping play with a one space jump to the 4th line. Charles Matthews This is one case where database search does seem to support the proverb(s).
I did a search for a region like this (marked points included), not anchored (so in any position along the side), and symmetrised for left-right reflection. Mostly this formation will arise as White capping Black's stone. The most common answer was Black at a (30%); then Black at b (15%), Black at c (13%), tenuki and White plays d (10%), Black plays e (8%). In handicap go the answer at a is recommended, and it is also the common play in simple cases like this:
Black does usually react with
Bill: Of course, this is an artificial position, as the right corner is open. Charles Something to that.
This is from a pro game. Looking at how the cap is handled in pro games, one sees tenuki quite frequently as an answer. As one would expect, if there isn't a local response that is good-looking. I'd like to know more about the contact play and tenuki answers: This is a copy of the living page "Answer the capping play with a knight's move" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |