Blighting

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Tactics, Go term

Spoiling a stone of the opponent's, by leaving it too close to a strong position of yours at the end of a tactical sequence.

(Literally blight is a kind of fungus or rot that affects farmers' crops such as grain or vegetables.)[1]


This position from BQM64 explains a common technique combining the dropping back and blighting concepts.

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Black's ugly play

B1 here is no good as a way to cut. After W2 Black shouldn't continue.

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White's first option

If Black persists, this sequence already leaves BC blighted. Black has caused problems for himself.

Charles Matthews




See also:


[1] If you blight an opponent's stone, are you a blighter? ;-)


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