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Hanging connection
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Go term

An indirect way of defending a cutting point.

[Diagram]
Hanging connection

Black has a cutting point at a. Playing BC enables Black to defend it - now a white stone played at a is in atari. In this case it is better shape for Black to play BC than directly at a.


[Diagram]
The other hanging connection

Black has this other choice of hanging connection, but that is certainly worse. The White peep at W1 is embarrassing.



[Diagram]
Double hanging connection

In this case B1 covers two cutting points.


[Diagram]
Avoid two peeps

Because a double hanging connection allows two peeps, it should often be avoided. Here B1 might be better.


[Diagram]
A raw peep

In this case W1 may be criticised as a raw peep: a peep at a cutting point that still might be useful as a cut.

Charles Matthews



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