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Tesuji Intoxication
Path: BadHabits · Prev: TakingBackAMove · Next: ThrowingTheBoardAgainstTheWallDentingTheWallAndTheBoardPriorToUppercuttingYourOpponent
Keywords: Tesuji
This refers to a bad habit of many lower kyu players (including myself) of falling into the trap of trying to capture a couple of enemy stones in elaborate way while failing to take the overall board situation into account. Tesuji intoxication often leads to either: A) Capturing 2-3 stones in gote while allowing your opponent to play a major point on the board. B) Allowing your opponent to build up a powerful wall in exchange for the stones so that your loss is often guaranteed well before the endgame. Tesuji Intoxication seems to be particularly rampant in handicap games. Somehow I feel this happened to me when I was 20-10 kyu. After reading the book "Tesuji" I was confident that these tesujis will happen in almost every position and playing them is a good thing. Even though I was wrong, I think it was an important, long lesson on the way to get stronger. Tesuji Intoxication can only be cured by time. Vesa Path: BadHabits · Prev: TakingBackAMove · Next: ThrowingTheBoardAgainstTheWallDentingTheWallAndTheBoardPriorToUppercuttingYourOpponent This is a copy of the living page "Tesuji Intoxication" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |