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Under the Stones
Path: Tesuji   · Prev: EyeStealingTesuji   · Next: ShapeFormingTesuji
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Tesuji, Life & Death

A play under the stones (Japanese: ishi-no-shita) is a tesuji where you plan to play in a space which has become free because some of your own stones have been captured.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Under the stones example.

Under the stones can be found in some life and death problems. This one is taken from Beginner Exercise 80.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Under the stones example.

Black can play at 1, sacrificing four black stones. Playing Black 1 at 2 will not save the group.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Under the stones example.

Even though White 2 captures four black stones, the magic of the under the stones tesuji is shown when Black 3 recaptures two white stones to make the second eye and lives.



Example1
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UnderTheStonesProblem1
UnderTheStonesProblem2
UnderTheStonesProblem3

Big Question Mark Problem 1
Snapback Problem 16
Completely Artificial Problem


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