Slack

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Chinese: 松 (song1)
Japanese: ゆるい (yurui)
Korean:

Mostly synonymous with slow. Can also imply inefficient.

The term severe is the antonym, for Go purposes. 'Mild' is a synonym. 'Underplay' is another possible synonym - selling your position short - overplay going clearly enough too far the other way. Nurui implies lukewarm or wishy-washy play, not definite enough to be obviously wrong.


Not all apparently slack or mild plays are mistakes - some 'slack' plays are involved in Takemiya's style. And not all severe plays are correct, or best, or recommended. If they were, we'd all aspire to play like Sakata.

Some very strong players can win by apparent concession. The closest pincers aren't always played, as the whole development of opening theory since Dosaku goes to prove.

Charles Matthews


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