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Hamete
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Joseki, Tactics, Go term
A hamete is a trick play, a move that yields an unreasonably big advantage to the player if it is not answered correctly.
See also: A trick move analysis by Alexandre Dinerchtein.
A famous example of hamete is
White happily captures the corner, blissfully unaware that Black is intending to sacrifice the corner.
The sequence up to White 9 results in a huge success for Black. White has 18 points in the corner, but Black has such a thick wall outside that its value is much bigger than White's corner. Besides, Black a is sente. (The Iron Wall page shows a continuation of this example.)
White can play at
Alternatively, White can choose to play at (Example added by unkx80.)
Trick play example 2?
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