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Aji Example 1
Keywords: Tactics
In this case, the aji will be exploited almost immediately, and as such this is not the best example of its lingering quality. Barthoze it's an application of add a second stone and sacrifice both
It is almost painful how Black has to answer White's moves if he is determined to capture the two white stones. Here Black is forced to capture two stones that were dead already; White has used the aji of those two stones to form thickness on the outside (with no bad aji).
-BillSpight:
Skelley: White could even consider not playing
Charles Matthews In fact we can look again at this position.
If now this, White has to worry about the cutting point at a. Since it may be slow to defend it immediately, it can remain as bad aji for White.
But White may not respond directly here. If White plays tenuki, Black has some bad aji that wasn't present in the initial diagram - for example the tactics in this diagram. Right now this doesn't lead anywhere for White, of course. But in combination with some other fight, this might become a serious possibility. See also Aji example 3. This is a copy of the living page "Aji Example 1" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |