Shape
Shape is a quality of a group of stones of the same color. This quality is highly influenced by the enemy stones present in the same area.
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Good shape [1]
"Good shape" uses local stones efficiently to maximize tactical advantage.
Characteristics:
- efficiency ( = degree of success / stones used)
- flexibility
Objectives:
- establish a connection
- make eyes
- increase liberties
So, stones have good shape when they are connected or will easily be connected, make an eye or will easily make an eye with a minimum number of stones, and maintain a certain amount of flexibility.
Further reading
- Shapes And Connections
- Six good and six bad shapes
- How good shape becomes bad shape
- Good shape according to Francis Roads
- Diagonal play reference shapes
- A static treatise on shape
- The dynamic nature of shape
- Haengma
- 90 degree shapes
Discussion pages
Problems
Authors: Dieter, Stefan, HolIgor
[1]: Shape Up ! is the title of a book on shape and esp. Good Shape by Charles Matthews, published online on GoBase.
Wiki Master Edit by Dieter on 2002-10-25. Bulk of the content moved to A static treatise on shape. I refer to that page for the reason of this master edit.