Go Verbs

   

Go Verbs to describe moves.

In japanese tournaments, after the move is announced they often describe the move with a set of specialized verbs. These words are also useful for describing move sequences without resorting to coordinates.

extend has two meanings... the basic one is to get yourself out of atari this way. the other is usually a response to hane

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Push (from outside)

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Push from the inside

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Push down?

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Cut the waist

This is how to cut a keima in good style

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Falling Back?

This is w's usual response

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Pushing Through?

Good for B

Important point

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Shoulder hit from below?

supposed to be a bad move

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Sagari ("going down")

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Jump out

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Low Pincer?

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High Pincer?

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Low 2 Space Pincer?

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High 2 Space Pincer?

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High 3 Space Pincer?

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Pincer and extendsion?

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Jump into the corner?

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Keima

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perhaps cover?

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One space jump from a 2-wall

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Defending the cut

There needs to be a name for making a filled empty triangle, too.

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Defending the cut with a hanging connection

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Defending the cut with a diagonal connection

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Pushing in?

Often will damage W's shape. In endgame often 1 point sente.

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Needs a name

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Needs a name

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Needs a name

very common - to play a contact keima from a 3rd line stone.

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Needs a name

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Needs a name

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needs a name

When both sides are working off of 2-high walls and one goes into the other's zone.

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needs a name. Looks like crosscut but isn't.

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Needs a name

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Needs a name (kind of like pushing through, avoids a pushing battle)

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Needs a name (big slide?)

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Needs a name

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Needs a name.

Kosumi defense after an invasion is common.

-Ernie


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