Squeeze tesuji
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Table of contents | Table of diagrams Squeeze tesuji Squeeze tesuji Continuing pressure Final position Lethal squeeze (White 4 connects) Black can't resist White solves a larger problem Black is dead |
Introduction
The squeeze tesuji is a play by which you squeeze the opponent's stones into an inefficient dumpling shape. Often a successful squeeze includes sacrificing one or more stones to make the opponent's shape bad first.
The squeeze wrings out the liberties of a group of your opponent's stones by a combination of atari moves and/or atari threats.
Squeeze plays are very rewarding and normally quite easy to spot. With a bit of practice you can also see how to set up a squeeze by forcing your opponent into a bad shape, and conversely, how to avoid being squeezed yourself.
Example 1
... in order to force with and then squeeze with
and
- ending up with good shape and leaving White in a dango shape.
Example 2
The squeeze can also be used as a capturing technique. In this example, Black sacrifices the marked stone to squeeze with and
and subsequently kills with
.
Example 3
Before connecting, White pushed a little bit into the center with . Black could not resist
. Instead of trying to save the marked stone, White plays
.
leaves Black with a very bad shape, and White plays out to
, guarding against a cut at a, and sealing off Black's escape route through b.
- The top two examples on this page are shamelessly copied (with permission) from goproblems.com - which has many other tesuji problems as well.
See also
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