GameDecidingKo

   

Chinese:
Japanese: 天下きかず (tenka-kikazu)
Korean:

A ko which is so large that any ko threat on the board can be ignored, since winning the ko means winning the game. The Japanese, tenka-kikazu (or tenka-ko), means literally "there is no threat under the sun".

From [ext] Nihon Ki-in, Shin Hayawakari Yougo Kojiten: "Tenka-ko: a ko so large as to determine the outcome of the game (shoubu ga kimatte shimau). A ko that, no matter where the other side plays a ko threat, if resolved yields victory (kachi ni naru)."


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