Ponnuki

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape

Chinese: 开花 (kai1 hua1, literally "blossom")
Japanese: ポン抜き (ponnuki)
Korean: 빵따냄 or 빵때림 (pang-tarim)

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Ponnuki

A ponnuki is the process of capturing a single stone, leaving a diamond shape.

This move and its resulting shape, radiating influence in all directions, is considered a very good one, as is witnessed by the proverb "A ponnuki is worth thirty points".

That does depend on the positions of other friendly black stones: a good ponnuki is under-concentrated, not overconcentrated


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