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Respond to attachment with hane
Path: GoProverbs · Prev: CheckEscapeRoutesFirst · Next: HaneAtTheHeadOfTwo
Keywords: Proverb
The proverb recommends to respond with hane to an attachment.
White 1 intends to settle up quickly here. When you are weak and the opposition is strong you should play closer to the opponent's stones. Black responds with hane 2.
Before playing 1 (or even before the attachment) white should check if the ladder is favourable for her. HolIgor
How about this? (my first edit, just trying ;) ) unkx80: I think not so good. White ends up in gote instead. More examples:
Klaus: Here
And again!
Most of us will know this one... Beware!!
Klaus: But beware of this one: An attachment in to the corner stone early in the game is bad for the side that attaches. Discussion about how uncomfortable things go if such an attachment is made could be found in /Discussion. BobMcGuigan: Like all proverbs this one has exceptions. Often one should respond to an attachment with an extension (stretch). Doing this often gives less help to the attacher, making him/her work harder, and gives the attacher fewer forcing moves. Charles Matthews That's quite true, but if one looks how pros play it depends rather on the specific situation. Some examples.
For example here
Here So in both these cases it seems that avoiding the hane answer is connected to a wish to attack with a free hand, by not leaving cutting points. Path: GoProverbs · Prev: CheckEscapeRoutesFirst · Next: HaneAtTheHeadOfTwo This is a copy of the living page "Respond to attachment with hane" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |