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Yurumi Shicho
    Keywords: Tesuji, Attack & Defence, Tactics, Go term

In a yurumi shicho (loose ladder) the stones to be captured have at most 3 liberties instead of 2.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Black to play.

Can Black capture the marked White stone?


[Diagram]
Diag.: Yurumi shicho


Q: Is this something different than geta?

--Stefan

BillSpight: Interesting question. :-) I suppose you could consider it a kind of geta, but it's more specific.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Geta

B 1 is geta, but not yurumi shicho.


DieterVerhofstadt:

The way I see it, is that a shicho is a capturing technique where the liberties of the chased chain flip between 1 and 2 until the defending side is unable to rise the liberties to 2 again.

A yurumi shicho would follow exactly the same defintion, replacing 1 by 2 and 2 by 3 respectively.

A geta on the other hand is a capturing technique so that the liberties of the chased chain can't be increased by the defender's next move.

This contradicts Bill's statement above, but I'm ready to adopt another viewpoint on these definitions.


[Diagram]
Diag.: geta 1

[Diagram]
Diag.: geta 2

Both basic examples of geta meet my definition.


jvt: Your definition is too restrictive. I have seen a series of geta problems like the one below on a Japanese web site (currently unavailable):


[Diagram]
Diag.: Black to play.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Move 5 is a geta.

Even though it does not prevent White from increasing its number of liberties, 5 prevents White from escaping.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Continuation

White 10 at 1. Then White is caught in a ladder (Black 11 at A).



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