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Endgame Tesuji 3
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Difficulty: Intermediate Keywords: EndGame, Tesuji
We consider the position as shown in this diagram. The focus is on the upper left corner.
The hane-connect is a large sente endgame play for Black.[1] The question is, how should White play at the corner if there are also large endgame plays elsewhere?
White would be reluctant to play the hane-connect at
The descent at
The reason is that if there are more urgent plays elsewhere,
The real endgame tesuji for White is to play the hane at
If
On the other hand, if Author: [1]
Bill: Since we do not know what the surroundings are, we cannot be sure that the hane-tsugi,
The point is that White's play in the corner is quite large, perhaps bigger than Black's threat with Path: EndgameTesujis · Prev: EndgameTesuji2 · Next: EndgameTesuji4 This is a copy of the living page "Endgame Tesuji 3" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |