kusho example

   

tderz: Vital point is given as kyusho in Japanese ([ext] http://senseis.xmp.net/?Kyuusho). (transfer to suggested title changes)

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Kyusho

To B8 White has yet to establish a base. Textbooks will tell you that a is the vital spot? for black to attack white, threatening b.

In an example of the proverb my opponents vital spot is my vital spot, white may well play at a to make shape:

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makin' shape

...and this is the book continuation.

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makin' shape

B8 fills the marked Ko

although this sequence appears commoner at the top level. the sequence a,b,c,d follows.

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Kyusho

B9 was shown to me by a stronger player a while ago. Although I know it as the vital spot even now, it still looks strange to me.


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