Wait at ease for the fatigued enemy

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Let the enemy make the first move. You may well have time to strengthen yourself.


Dieter: Rather than attempting to understand Ma's ideas than quoting him literally: this stratagem applied to Go means the following.

There are situations in which you want to do two active things. Two attacks, two cuts, two eye-stealing plays. The problem you face, however, is that the opponent can always answer flexibly, solving one of his two problems and giving you a problem in return. In such situations, it may be wise to strengthen yourself, letting him solve one of his problems on his own so that you strike at the other weakness without his having any compensation.

Lynx: It's lots of fun, of course, taking random sayings and manipulating them to fit into Go. The closest this gets is, in my opinion, that you should focus on keeping your own groups strong instead of blindly attacking. Then when your opponent tries to keep up, you have a solid base to fight with. This is all simple logic -- would you punch someone with a broken fist? -- yet hard to apply. Sad, isn't it?


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