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Crane's Nest Tesuji
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The crane's nest tesuji is a classic tesuji used to capture fleeing stones.

[Diagram]
Diag.: White to capture the fleeing black stones

Black has just played 1, connecting his three stones on the left with his centre group. How can white capture the stones?


[Diagram]
Diag.: White 2 Captures the stones with the crane's nest tesuji. (7 at 2)

A related proverb is Play on the point of symmetry.

--MortenPahle

(Another proverb to the same point: "Play in the Middle of three stones")



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