Comb Formation

    Keywords: Life & Death

Chinese: 梳形 (shu1 xing2)
Japanese: クシ型 (kushi kata)
Korean: -

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Comb formation

The comb formation is like a rectangular six, but with cutting points. On the side, it has cutting points at a. It is a basic life and death shape.

See The comb formation is alive.

[Diagram]

Broken comb formation in the corner

The broken comb formation in the corner or weak rectangular six in the corner has only one cutting point (a). See rectangular six in the corner.

Black first: It is alive with B1 at W1.
White first: It is ko after B4 as shown in the diagram.


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