Strategic concepts

Strategic concepts are ideas and techniques that can be applied to a global strategy, such as:

• aji
• amarigatachi = overdeveloped
• attack
• capture
• capturing race
• connection
• construction
• cut
• defense
• destruction
• efficiency
• eyespace
• flexibility
• gote
• haengma
• honte = proper move
• furikawari = exchange
• ko strategy
• influence
• initiative = a player's successive sentes
• invasion
• investment
• karami = splitting attack
• kikasare = having been pushed around
• kikashi = forcing
• korigatachi = overconcentrated
• leaning attack
• miai = two equal options
• mobility
• multi-purpose plays
• option
• probe
• reduction
• sabaki
• sacrifice
• sente
• stability
• territory
• thickness
• tedomari = last play of significantly greater value
• tenuki = playing elsewhere
• timing
• urgency

Literature

• Joseki Volume 2 Strategy, chapter Strategic Concepts
• Strategic concepts of go, the book