Even a moron connects against a peep

Keywords: Proverb

Often, very often, simply connecting at in response to a peep such as is the best answer. In fact, exceptions to this rule are so rare that people quote the old Go proverb "Even a fool connects against a peep". This proverb is attributed to Kageyama Toshiro in his book "Lessons In The Fundamentals Of Go" (1978). In the book, this proverb was written as "Even a moron connects against a peep". While this was acceptable language at the time, the term "moron" is now considered offensive so, these days, the term "fool" is preferred.

There are many ways to connect stones.

is joseki. A different and wise connection.

In a number of games, one player makes a peep, and then the other player makes a counter peep, the first player connects, and then the second player connects too.

Eventually, the first peep was answered by a connection, but not immediately.

"Sente punishes the peep."