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bo-tsugi
    Keywords: Shape, Go term

Bo-tsugi (棒継ぎ), or the "staff connection," is the term for a wall of three stones.

[Diagram]
The 'staff connection'

When Black needs to make shape with B3, connecting solidly as shown here is best. This is bo-tsugi.


[Diagram]
Forcing instead

Playing B3 here forces an answer, but after that it is harder for Black to arrange his shape.

Charles Matthews

I'd say that 3 in the top diagram is just as forcing as 3 in the bottom diagram.

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