Mochikomi

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  Difficulty: Intermediate   Keywords: Strategy, Go term

Mochikomi refers to stranded stones--stones which end up within the opponent's territory with virtually no aji.

Some Western players have adopted mochikomi to refer to a failed invasion, perhaps by analogy to the term uchikomi. But the original Japanese sense of mochikomi, as mentioned above, is stones--even just one--which, by virtue of future moves by either side, end up floating, aji-less, within enemy territory.

In Japanese, mochikomi ni naru (my stone(s) ended up stranded), or mochikomi ni sareru (my stone(s) were stranded).


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