Keima
keima , a Japanese go term adoped into English, is often referred to as a 'knight's move', as the pattern is the same as the way the chess piece moves. This matches the Japanese usage, where the term keima comes from the knight-equivalent piece in shogi (Japanese chess).
Sometimes the term kogeima (or small knight's move) is used, in order to distinguish this relationship from the ogeima (large knight's move) or the very large knight's move.
Usage
The keima is often used for attack because it is effective in diminishing the running space of a group. It is regarded inferior to the one space jump for defence, because the keima can be cut more easily.
Other usages include corner enclosures and slides.
Further reading
- Cut the keima
- Connecting with keima
- Strike at the waist of the keima
- Answer the capping play with a knight's move
- Jumping out with the knight's move
- Knight's move cap
- Small low shimari
- 4463 enclosure
- 4-4 point low approach low extension
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