Split shape
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Shape, Tactics
Locally speaking this is very bad for White: the stones and
cannot help each other at all.
White must have some extremely good reason to allow here. Mostly White should answer
at
, founded on basic instinct.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/31/a6599d972f1083d9ecf9f098530fd5a3.png)
Possible dodging
It is conceivable that White might want instead to treat as a sacrifice, with
and
here.
This is from six good and six bad shapes.
See also
- Cutting right through a knight's move is very big
- BQM 23
-
How To Play Go, Lesson 4, Section 4.5