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Oba
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    Keywords: Opening, Go term

Oba stands for a big point. During the fuseki of a professional game, the players often spend a lot of thinking time to try and grab the last big point on the board (oba no tedomari).

[Diagram]
An example

If White adopts a mimic go strategy, Black can take the last oba by playing move 11 at a (tengen).



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