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Tower peep
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Tactics

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Tower peep

The tower peep or tower poking move is so called because the shape resembles a tower if seen from bottom right to top left. W1 is a peep at both Black's connections.


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Tower peep

In the previous diagram, Black can take countermeasures against the peep. These countermeasures completely fail however, when White has WC in place. Therefore, ...


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Tower peep

W2 is considered correct shape. Playing at a instead increases the aji and reduces the severity of the tower peep.


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