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Atari Atari
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  Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Tactics

Once I dropped by a go club in Kyoto when an 8 dan was giving a class. I sat in. In critiquing an amateur game he said, "Atari! Atari! It feels good, but maybe it's not so good."

[Diagram]
Atari, atari

Before Black ataris White has two liberties and Black has a cutting point at a. After Black's atari and White's extension, White has three liberties and Black has two cutting points, a and b, to worry about.

This example illustrates the problem. It feels good to make forcing plays, but often the result is to strengthen the opponent's stones and to weaken our own.

--BillSpight

Cases where atari-atari is appropriate include



See also Beginners play atari.



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