Hand and Brain

How to Play

Hand and Brain Go (also "Brain and Hand" Go) is a variant.

Two players collaborate to make moves, the "Brain" says the Shape or Move name and the "Hand" plays that move anywhere on the board

• Move name examples: Hane, One-point jump, Knight's Move, Diagonal Move, Stretch, Bump, Peep, Block (and so on)

• Shape name examples: Ponnuki, Tiger's mouth, Table shape, Square, Stretch, Throwing star, Honeycomb shape (and so on)

• In the early game the Brain may say play in a corner, side extension, corner approach, approach star-point or tengen

• It is considered "Cheating" to explicitly tell the Hand what you are thinking, similar to Pair Go (teammates speak in Shapes)

Teaching Shape

• This variant can be a very effective teaching tool between Student and Teacher

• The Student attains a deeper understanding of Shape, while the Teacher can better understand the Students ability

Players

• This can be played 2 vs 1 with another human or computer opponent

• Alternatively this could be played 2 vs 2 similar to Pair Go