Beware of going back to patch up

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  Difficulty: Intermediate   Keywords: Strategy, Proverb

This proverb warns the player against getting carried away and overextending, so that "weak points and doubtful positions begin to grow up behind him and he must then hand over the sente to his opponent while he retraces his steps to make repairs (Segoe, Go Proverbs Illustrated)."

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Example 1

This example comes from Go Proverbs Illustrated.

Through W7 is joseki.

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Example 1 - Black patches up

B1 looks strong, but leaves a weakness behind. B5 has to go back and patch up.

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Example 1 - Black takes sente

B1 avoids the weakness and still threatens W4. After W4 Black takes sente.

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