Nameless Tesuji
Note, if you know or can invent the names of the tesuji, move diagrams to new pages.
Something from the endgame. Beginner's level.
Jared Beck: The same tesuji, also common with beginners. I wish I still got to play simple tesuji like this. My opponents don't make such mistakes anymore!
Rather than calling this move a tesuji, however, I think makes more sense to call Black 2 "Anti-suji" This paradigm of learning the wrong move is more helpful to beginners than the paradigm of learning the response to the wrong move.
I borrow the term "Anti-suji" from Sakata Eio's book "Tesuji and Anti-suji of Go"
Bill: How about cut-back?
This happens sometimes even at IGS 5k* level. But in most games it is never played and remains a hidden threat that limits opponent's freedom of choice.
Driving tesuji
Calvin: I found this in a haengma book, but it is also in joseki books. is a tesuji with a double threat and in fact is the only joseki move in this position. Do you see it?
tderz: If White continues with an understandable , then the following sequence
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is called the driving tesuji in English.
tderz: Moren often than not, White does not like above result and plays something like to avoid the driving tesuji.
What is the Japanese name for the driving tesuji?
Calvin: is a light way to play, which makes miai of a and b.
Both of these tesuji work by making the opponent choose between answering an attachment (which is usually good) or protecting or taking advantage of a move nearby. Either way, you get something. I find this idea rather interesting, but don't know what they are called.
tderz: That example is either in GalacticGo (Vol. 1) or in "Whole board Tesujis". I will check whether they gave it a name there.
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