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Shobute
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After the opening, when a player judges that straightforward continuations are insufficient to win, she may make a shobute, a play (te) that puts the whole game (shobu) in the balance. Shobute are typically invasions.

Shobute usually involve some risk, but they are not necessarily overplays.

For an example, see the Sakata - Fujisawa game on the thick plays in the endgame page.

JF I have called shoubute a meltdown move before. Others have used all-or-nothing move. It's a move on which you gamble the whole game.



This is a copy of the living page "Shobute" at Sensei's Library.
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