Tiger mouth

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape

Chinese: 虎口 (hu3 kou3); 虎 (hu3)
Japanese: Kaketsugi
Korean: 호구

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Tiger's mouth

This is the reference form of a Tiger's Mouth. In this form it resembles the mouth of a tiger, yet all symmetrical representations are also thus labeled. The shape is also called tiger shape.

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Tiger's mouth

Most often, the tiger's mouth comes as a hanging connection. The marked stone is the hanging part. The other two stones block off a white stone.

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Push through

Pushing through with B1 is also called a tiger's mouth. After W2, Black will connect at a.


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