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A Shape Complaint Solution
Path: ForcingAndInitiative · Prev: AddAnotherOneAndThenAbandonBothOfThem · Next: BQM36
Keywords: Shape
Why are the other moves wrong?The correct solution is a good example of avoiding giving your opponents forcing moves (kikashi). In the following diagrams, I have tried to explain why the alternatives are not good.
If Black answers at 2, he gives White a free forcing move at 3. Compare this with the correct solution. If White played 3 in the correct solution, would Black play 2? Maybe, but she keeps the option of playing elsewhere and there are probably bigger moves on the board...
If Black plays 2, White could play a (threatening to cut) or b and Black would still have to come back and play at the marked point. A white stone at a of course means that the black corner is even more open than before.
The marked stone threatens to cut at 1. Path: ForcingAndInitiative · Prev: AddAnotherOneAndThenAbandonBothOfThem · Next: BQM36 This is a copy of the living page "A Shape Complaint Solution" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |