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Geta
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Tesuji, Go term
A geta (English term 'net') is a technique where one or a few stones are captured by blocking its exits. The basic form of a geta is shown by white 1 in this diagram. The marked black stone now cannot escape: If black plays A, white answers at B; if black C, she answers at D.
A slightly more complicated geta is white 3 in this diagram. Try to check for yourself that black can indeed not escape after this move. In general, capturing a stone in a geta is considered better than capturing it in a shicho (ladder), because a geta does not run the risk of a ladder block on the other side of the board. On the other hand, if you depend on the capture of a (group of) stones to keep your group alive, a shicho is quicker (the opponent is in atari until the end). Using a geta can be equivalent to losing a liberty. --MortenPahle There is also an interesting tidbit in "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" by Kageyama. He states that when there are two ways to capture with one move, then the firmer is correct.
In this example the two white stones can be captured with a geta by playing at 'a'. However, according to Kageyama, the correct move is 'b' which has a firmer grip on the two stones. See also: Non Local Move Versus A Local Move This is a copy of the living page "Geta" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |