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sake bottle shape, textbook example
Keywords: Shape
The textbook example of a sake bottle shape is this position, where Black must avoid being shut in, and chooses between a, b and c. Black at c is emphasised as an example of good shape.
White shouldn't play
This is clearly another way to create good shape: with
Traditionally go teachers have discouraged this sake bottle shape. It is less obvious that it works well, analysing it as functional shape, or in terms of attack and defence. It has been played by a couple of top players, notably Ishida Yoshio who is quoted in a Go World article as saying that it really doesn't lose anything. Authors Charles Matthews. His answers to Sebastian's questions turned into plain text by Dieter in the process of a WME. This is a copy of the living page "sake bottle shape, textbook example" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |