Jaw

  Difficulty: Advanced   Keywords: Shape, Go term

Not common as an English go term, but translates the Japanese ago. This means a play that compromises a diagonal, and from below

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On the chin

Here the white marked stone counts as ago in the presence of the black marked stone.


Gbx?: I think a more practical presentation of the technique would be appreciated.

Discussion of various terms by John Fairbairn moved to angle play.


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