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Thick plays in the endgame
Keywords: EndGame, Strategy
These occur in the early endgame). Example given by Bill Spight, moved here from WhatWasTheHighestMoveNumber (now thickness versus endgame).
In Ishi no Kazoekata (How to Count), Sakata says that simply making plays based on counting territory is not enough. You also have to play thick yose.
Thick yose are plays that aim at aji. Even though they don't look big, later on they make a profit. For instance, if a ko breaks out later, thick yose generate ko threats.
Black was Fujisawa Hideyuki, White was Sakata Eio. Black seems to be lagging, and makes a shobute with Having made his kikashi on the top, Fujisawa switches to the large yose in the bottom right.
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