Knight's move net

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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Tactics
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Net question

Black to play and capture the white+circle stones.
There are quite a number of patterns of net; those built on knight's move relations are sometimes missed in games by amateur dan players. This less usual example is taken from a Korean book for use in schools.

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Knight's move for clean capture

After B1 White can do nothing.

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Too close by Black

If B1 is played one line closer, White can do plenty, and if Black resists White's escape, the black+circle stones become weak.

Charles Matthews


Another, harder example is at Shape Problem 6/Net variation.


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