Bump

    Keywords: Go term

Chinese: 顶 ding3
Japanese: 突き当たり (tsukiatari)
Korean:



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Bump

White bumps into the Black stone. A natural local response is usually to stretch to a or b. A common term for this move is butting play.

The Japanese term is tsukiatari.


The butting play is not a very usual move, but it has its uses. There is an interesting branch of 3-4 point joseki (invented by Kitani Minoru) starting with a bump:

Also, the first round of Go Seigen vs Miyamoto Naoki 9x9 match started with a bump:

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Go Seigen vs Miyamoto Naoki



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