Giant Monkey Jump

Different types of monkey jump  

In this diagram, a black move at a would be the standard monkey jump, while black b is a small monkey jump. The giant monkey jump at c instead is normally a bad idea, because the connection between c and can be broken. However, there are rare situations when the giant monkey jump is actually the best move. Here are two examples found on 101 Weiqi.

Example 1: black to play and kill  

Solution

Example 2: black to play and kill  

Solution

Here is an example from a pro game.

Dang Yifei (W) = Wang Lei, 2009-12-28, position after move 166  

Black can exploit the defect at a.

Solution