Endgame Tesuji 1

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: EndGame, Tesuji

Any skilful play that gains extra points in the endgame, in comparison with more normal moves, may deserve to be called tesuji. It is also interesting to play in such a way as to take sente rather than end in gote.


Example 1

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Correct play

Here Black makes use of black+circle to jump further into White's territory; now White cannot answer at a. Black might miss this chance by playing B1 at a.

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White errs

White answers at a and loses five stones.

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Correct play - continuation


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