Go Verbs
Go Verbs to describe moves.
In japanese tournaments, after the move is announced they often describe the move with a set of specialized verbs. These words are also useful for describing move sequences without resorting to coordinates.
extend has two meanings... the basic one is to get yourself out of atari this way. the other is usually a response to hane
Warfreak2: Actually these are both the same move; nobi to gain liberties. The only difference is that before the extension, in the first diagram black had one liberty and in the second diagram black had two.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/48/9d0658630af4af97c2ece30ed28a8c16.png)
Push (from outside)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/12/9340d23cd03e7dbbbe67ec840b7a63f2.png)
Sagari ("going down", also called a "descent")
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/20/5f4669e355362bfb653ff761b083a649.png)
Defending the two-space extension on the third line
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/47/154a5cde0e2f70ca57840526d97448ee.png)
Defending the cut with a hanging connection
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/24/7406544994aafa390a896d36fa7e9dea.png)
needs a name (Tennozan)
When both sides are working off of 2-high walls and one goes into the other's zone.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/26/b186661bbedc2a6b9ac31eec73ae0236.png)
Defense against the low invasion of mixed three-space extension
Kosumi defense after an invasion is common.
-Ernie
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