patting the raccoon's belly

    Keywords: Tesuji

Chinese: 黄莺 扑 蝶 huángyīng pū dié)
Japanese: Tanuki no hara tsuzumi
Korean:

Patting the Raccoon's Belly

Patting the Raccoon's Belly is an alias and a translation for the Japanese go term: Tanuki no hara tsuzumi ("The raccoon-dog drums his belly")[1].
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The Chinese go term for the same tesuji (黄莺 扑 蝶) translates into English as a [ext] yellow oriole [2] captures the butterfly. http://baike.baidu.com/pic/70/11811972876461832_small.jpg

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Black to win the capturing race (Gokyo Shumyo, Section 4, Problem 76)

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Yellow Oriole captures butterfly, Raccoon dog drums his belly

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tesuji in hamete

The knowledge of this tesuji is also a prerequisite for playing this hamete.
Black must decide now between answering W1 at 'a'

 or 'b'.
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tesuji applied ...


Example games:

  • 45th Japanese Judan, Round: Preliminaries 2006-02-16:
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[1] Raccoons:

[2] Black-naped oriole = Oriolus chinensis, Geman: Schwarznackenpirol

[3] sources: [ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=124, [ext] http://gobase.org


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