Mistake

This is a page to collect up different kinds of mistakes, and their names. Also to reference examples of mistakes on SL.

Table of contents General mistakes Mental Mistakes Strategic Mistakes Tactical Mistakes Examples

General mistakes

• aji keshi (removing aji)
• amarigatachi (overwrought shape)
• amateurish play
• automatic play
• bad shape
• bad style (wrong suji)
• causing loss of liberties, leading to shortage of liberties, in acute form called damezumari
• clumsy double contact
• dango (dumpling, potato shape)
• disposable stones, confusion with key stones
• empty triangle
• following the opponent around (try tenuki instead)
• greedy
• heavy play
• not using home advantage
• inconsistency (so stick to your strategy)
• inefficient shape
• ippoji (single territory strategy)
• kikasare (being pushed around)
• kikashi, forcing move that is actually aji keshi (see thank you move), or not treating as disposable
• kyu disease (attempting to kill everything)
• loss-making threats
• misclick
• mochikomi (stranded stones)
• nurui (tepid)
• falling into oi otoshi (cascade of atari)
• Overconcentrated shape (also known as korigatachi)
• overplay
• patching
• premature attack, invasion
• safety play
• shut in, allowing groups to be
• slack
• slow
• not seeing snapback
• soft
• small play, small move
• forcing the opponent through a small gap
• stolid
• submissive
• thank you move
• thin
• play too close
• vulgar play, zokusuji

Mental Mistakes

• blunder
• passive
• reckless
• rigidity

Strategic Mistakes

• reluctance to sacrifice
• speculative invasion
• squeezing out the toothpaste
• weak groups
• wrong direction

Tactical Mistakes

• atari-atari, beginners play atari
• auto-atari (self-atari)
• can be cut
• kill yourself in gote , death in gote
• resurrect
• low (too close to the side)
• pushing from behind
• raw peep
• non-urgent play

Examples

• Level Indicators
• Don'tBeGreedy
• Gangster Go
• EndgameConnectOrNot
• Katteyomi
• Ongoing Game 1 / B229 Error
• StupidMoves
• Common mistakes in fuseki
• Six Kyu Noseki
• Two shodans Twenty-five moves Seven mistakes
• Mistake In Scartol's Flash

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