Jumping

   

Jumping means jumping up out into the center. There is a go proverb, "the one space jump is never wrong".

The most common jumps are the one space jump up, the two space jump up, and Jumping out with the knight's move. Kosumi is also a form of jump, and is not a faster jump than simply extending (nobi).

For the above reason we see that the strongest and most effective jumping to the center occurrs at the side of the board, because a one space diagonal jump from the corner approaches the center as fast as a normal one space jump from the side.

The key to effective jumping is to stop yourself from being enclosed. "Never let yourself get surrounded" and "move inside stones out" are two common almost-proverbs related to jumping. Please see above link(s) for more information.

(note: could someone link to more appropriate pages for me? for one space jump up or two space jump up? If not I can write some diagrams later. Thanks)

-Kungfu


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