Taisha

    Keywords: Go term

Taisha ( 大斜, great slant) is a japanese go term that refers to the following large knight's moves:

[Diagram]

Taishagake

[Diagram]

Taishagake


Colloquially, it is shorthand for taisha joseki.


anon - in what way is this different from an ogeima? (because in the comments on the page 34PointHighApproachTwoSpaceHighPincerOgeima you said that "the taisha is a type of ogeima")

Bill: In one place the Small Joseki Dictionary calls the first diagram an ogeima kake. These are the only two plays that I recall being referred to in the Japanese literature as taisha. There may be others.

John F. Taisha is an old term for large knight's move, now superseded by oogeima. As remarked above, it is important to understand that it is also used as a shorthand for taisha joseki or taishagake joseki. The second diagram above can be fully referred to as takamoku taishagake.

But note that it should be -gake here (and also oogeimagake) not kake.

Bill: Thanks for the heads up on pronunciation, John. :) As for taisha, isn't modern usage restricted, so that not all ogeima are referred to as taisha?

John F. Yes, but surely I've already said that ("old term now superseded")?


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