lazy bamboo

  Difficulty: Advanced   Keywords: Tactics

A Lazy Bamboo is a particular kind of slow connection, showing a preoccupation with shape while the local situation calls for a sharper play.

[Diagram]

Lazy bamboo

[Diagram]

Sharper

White has time to cut at W1. If Black tries to cut with B2 and B4 then after W5 White can fairly easily handle a black move at a or b.


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