Niken

   

Niken = ni ken

means 2 ken
which stands for two intersections on a line (not diagonally or slanted!; this would be hazama tobi and ogeima resp.) on the Go board.

It is thus a measure for the distance between 2 stones,
which can be either of the same colour (niken tobi), or -
in the case of corner approaches, of different colour (e.g. ogeima kakari).

[Diagram]

niken

black+circle with black+circle and
white+circle with white+circle are jumps in niken distances.

black+square is niken takagakari to white+square.

tderz


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