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The second line is normally used in conjunction with plays on the third and fourth line.

An extension from a third-line stone along the second line is called a slide. These are very useful kinds of shapes, though if a slide is long it will also be thin.

Plays made directly on the second line without immediate support from other stones are called submarines.

[Diagram]
Diag.: A submarine play


This is a submarine technique that appears quite often in pro play.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Continuation


If the game goes this way, White has managed something interesting by getting Black to answer the 3-3 invasion at 4, rather than 5.

Jumps down from the fourth to the second line

These are relatively hard to handle. It seems fair to say that none of them is strictly good shape.

[Diagram]
Diag.: footsweep


This has become known as the footsweep, after a martial arts technique. This type of play was common in old Chinese go, and quite rare in Edo period go in Japan. After it started to be used in the Chinese fuseki, it became quite popular.



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