Corner

  Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Go term
[Diagram]

The empty upper right corner

Chinese: 角 (jiǎo or jiao3)
Japanese: 角 (sumi)
Korean:

The go board has 4 corner areas.

The tactics of the game are different around the corners, near the edges, and in the center area.

As it is easiest to make a base in the corner, that is where opening moves are usually played.


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