Hane

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  Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Go term

A Japanese term.

ハネ

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hane

A hane is a move which "reaches around" one or more of the opponent's stones. The basic shape is the one formed by White 1 in this diagram. It is the natural response to a contact play.

There are many positions where a hane is a good move, as is witnessed by proverbs like Hane at the head of two and There is death in the hane.


Follow up


Bill Spight: About hane, reach around, wrap around and bend around: "Bend" could be confused with this play, a magari (turn). Better just say "hane".

[Diagram]

magari


See also hanekomi, hanedashi.


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