Compromising the bamboo joint

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Preventing bamboo

There are many instances where preventing the bamboo joint like this is a devastating technique. See for example Cutting the trapezium.

Tamsin: James Davies calls this the Slapping Tesuji. There is also a well-known proverb that says "grab the fourth point of a bamboo joint".

Alex: This tesuji is also often a clamping tesuji as well, as it can be particularly devastating in conjunction with a stone at the circled point, aiming at the wedge of a.

Bill: It is often a kosumi-tsuke and sometimes a hane.

Diagrams like this drive me nuts!

Bob McGuigan: This move almost never happens without other nearby stones being involved. Here's an example from Rescue and Capture by Yang Yilun:

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The Black move at BC captures at least five white stones, killing the white group at the edge. Of course in this case it's a warikomi.


unkx80: Compromising the bamboo joint is also seen in the following joseki.

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Joseki.

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Joseki.

B3 compromised the bamboo joint and is a tesuji.

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Joseki.

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Joseki.

After W2, a possible sequence is Black a, White b, Black c, attacking the entire White group.


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