Jaw Strap / Discussion

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Jaw strap

B1 is the jaw strap, a rarely used term for a form of net.

Herman Hiddema: Can anyone show a sequence that captures if white stretches to a? I've been puzzling on it for quite a while, but nothing seems to work. Nothing can work really, because if black does not take a liberty, white can always play b. The obvious move seems to be c, but if white plays d the result is quite disastrous with black losing all his stones in the corner.

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Sloppy net

This line is a failure for Black. The sacrifice/squeeze for the outside doesn't seal white in.

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B4 tenuki

This is playable and the correct use of the jaw strap. B2 plays the jaw strap tesuji again. Black ends in sente because the forcing move at a guarantees a connected shape on the outside.

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Atari and fix

Compare the jaw strap with this. Black sacrifices a little less, and after the sequence to W4 must protect the cutting point at a with B5 at b. (Taking sente is possible but the shape will play out different if not worse than above. For one thing, !W is in a good place. Assuming he wants to take sente, Black would rather build influence facing the center using the jaw strap.) -Slarty


Q: is this synonymous with Davies' "loose ladder"? A: Similar. Both are nets/squeezes inviting white to extend a ways

Maybe?

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Without the stone at a it works

The white stone at a looked odd to me all the time. Didn't know how you could end in such a shape in a natural sequence.

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How does this work?

Tapir: Indeed it doesn't. black+circle stones die. Wonder how Bob came up with this example.


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