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Submarine
    Keywords: Go term

Unsupported play on the second line. Usually inside or on the edge of the opponent's framework.

Other names include mole play (supposedly from the Japanese), and "Subway Go", said by Takemiya of Kobayashi's style[1] . The hem play is like this:

[Diagram]
White's hem play

On the edge of an open skirt, you see.


Submarine plays are usually trying first for quick life. Certainly they concede influence.

[Diagram]
Black plays for influence


White plays this way, probably, to gain life in a black framework, avoiding the diagonal attachment. B2 here won't kill the white group (the 3-3 point is still open), but is a good play for central influence.

Submarine plays accord with the current fashion for a sharp, territorial style (the 'Korean way').


[1] Rich "Subway go" as I understand it is a reference to Kobayashi's perceived efficient play without aesthetic qualities, and has no relevance to the submarine move.

BlueWyvern I heard this also. "Subway Go" because it get's you were you need to go but you don't see any of the sites.



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