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Two-stone edge squeeze
Keywords: Tesuji, Tactics, Go term
Two-stone edge squeezeThe two-stone edge squeeze tesuji can occur not just in the corner, but also anywhere on the edge. Also known as stone monument tesuji. The Chinese call this "大头鬼" (literally translated as "big-headed ghost"). See also race to capture in the corner. Example 1
White to save his group.
The throw-in at
After Example 2This particular position is also known as the two-stone corner squeeze.
In this capturing race,
The next part of this tesuji is the throw-in at
Depending on the condition on the left side, one might argue that
DiscussionDieter: Sakata describes this tesuji as the "race to capture suji" in tesuji and anti-suji of go.
Bill Spight: Sakata doesn't really call this anything. In fact, suji can be plural (as with most Japanese nouns), and I think that is the case here. Sakata refers to three tesuji. First, the two-step hane ( dnerra: Someone I know likes to call this the "2-Dan-Tesuji". He says he has observed pretty consistently that 1-Dans may miss this tesuji (in a game, not as a problem of course), while 2-Dans usually get it right. I was 1-Dan when I first heard that from him, had recently missed it in a game, and decided never to miss it again :) MattNoonan: In Essential Joseki on page 186, Rui Naiwei refers to this as the "sliding weight" method of capture, referring to the sliding weight on a balance scale. Authors: Charles Matthews, HolIgor, unkx80, Dan Schmidt, Kris Rhodes, Bass, Chris Hayashida. Edited by unkx80 on 2003 October 17 and 2003 December 28. This is a copy of the living page "Two-stone edge squeeze" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |