Gote no Sente

    Keywords: Go term

Chinese: 后中先 (後中先) hòu zhōng xiān
後中有先
Japanese: 後手の先手 (gote no sente)
Korean:

Gote no sente is a Japanese go term that refers to a play that appears to be gote, but is really sente. It is normally good play.

Example

[Diagram]

Gote no sente

This example comes from [ext] here. The solid connection at B1 may appear to be gote, but it threatens to play at W2, capturing the WC stones and saving the BC stone. It is really sente.



Linguistic note on Chinese

The term 后中先 (hòu zhōng xiān) is often translated as gote no sente, and the example above qualifies as a 后中先. However, 后中先 actually describes a move that is temporarily gote, but leaves behind good followup moves, so 后中先 has a usage broader than gote no sente.


See also


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