Watari

Keywords: Tactics

Chinese: 渡 (du4)
Japanese: ワタリ, 渡り (watari)
Korean: -

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A watari, a Japanese go term, is a connection between stones by bridging underneath the opponent's stones at or near the edge of the board (usually on the first or second line, but also as high as the third line).

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Examples

White cannot play at a.

For Black black+circle stones, move is watari, which connects the initially semi-isolated black stones with the group on the left. This version on the first line is sometimes called Binbo (poor man's) Watari.

After connects to White's white+circle stones, then is watari.

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