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Check escape routes first
Path: GoProverbs · Prev: EyesWinSemeais · Next: LopTheHeadOfALadderOffAtTheEarliestOpportunity
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Proverb
The principle behind this proverb is to check your opponents escape routes very carefully before moving in for the kill. In what is an increasingly common theme as of late, my opponents recently have been collapsing my eyespace before cutting off my escape routes, forcing me to find some other way to live, which usually has disasterous consequences for them. This should not be confused with removing a base then chasing a group while making profit. The situation where this proverb should be applied is when the territories are already defined, and collapsing a group's eyespace would force them to flee into territory you more or less control. A vicious tooth and nail fight in your own territory is not something you want unless you know you can win. Path: GoProverbs · Prev: EyesWinSemeais · Next: LopTheHeadOfALadderOffAtTheEarliestOpportunity This is a copy of the living page "Check escape routes first" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |