A Brilliant Waste Of A Move

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Move 69 in a match between Chitoku (Black) and Genjo (White) in April of 1812.

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Chitoku versus Genjo

The move, which prevented a cut that White could not yet make, was equivalent to filling in a dame. It is thought that Chitoku did this to ensure an eye at a and hint that Genjo should resign. Genjo resigned after move 155.

Interestingly, Go Seigen, in the book 鬼手,妙手,魔手, labeled black+circle as "闲着妙手" (dame myoshu). As a result, this move was perpetuated as such in much other go literature.


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