Threatening a ko

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A player with a clear lead in ko threats (see ko master) can rely on threats to start a ko to take advantage of the situation. This enables moves that would otherwise be unreasonable.


[Diagram]

Example

The far jump to B1 might look unreasonable, but with B3, Black threatens to start a large ko at a.

After White defends with W4, Black is able to link up.


-- WikiMasterEdit by jantiff from contributors Sebastian, RafaelCaetano, HolIgor.


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