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Atekomi
Keywords: Shape, Go term
Atekomi is a play aiming to cut a diagonal play (kosumi). That is, it creates a cutting point from the opponent's diagonal.
So Black here is atekomi (something like "aim inside"). There are some cases where atekomi is a hard-to-find tesuji. Normally of course White can simply connect as an answer, so such cases must depend on some factor like shortage of liberties (damezumari).
White 1 is atekomi. Black can't protect at both a and b. - Hu See also warikomi tesuji. This is a copy of the living page "Atekomi" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |