Bulge

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[Diagram]

The bulge point

B1 is a bulge play.

Chinese:
Japanese: フクラミ (fukurami) or フクレ (fukure)
Korean:

It is a hane play, backed up by the marked stone already in place to form a V. Black gains great power locally, this way. Therefore the point B1 is the vital point here: if White takes it instead Black would start to worry about cutting points.

[Diagram]

White takes the key point

White should by all means play W1 here.

[Diagram]

Cutting points appear

Once White has played the bulge point, W1 sets up the cuts at a or b, either of which may be a good tactic. (See Bulge/Discussion)



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