maido

   

A tesuji somewhat related to maido:

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Common Joseki

This is a shape that occurs in a common joseki. As players of reasonable strength should be able to see, white needs to protect the cutting point at a.

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White cooperates

However, if white plays W1 above, black takes an excellent shape point, creatig a crocodile's mouth, and white cannot be satisfied. The same will occur if white protects the cutting point with either of the tiger's mouth plays (marked a). White must use maido to gain a good result.

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The joseki move

W1 is the joseki move. As you can see, after the exchange B2 at a, W3 at b, W1 matches white+circle in the fourth example in the killing-moves diagram below.


Maido

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Here we see a generic side situation. Since it is black's turn, the marked stone is saved easily. For white to capture black, she must place a stone that interferes with the process by which black escapes.

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Some killing moves

As you can see above, all of the marked white stones kill black. There are many such combinations; these are just a few examples.


Imagist: I'm not actually sure what Maido is, beyond the explanation above. I was taught it by a dan player at a go tournament, but I never got a real definition from him. From his explanation, it seemed like it could be: 1) capturing by understanding the process of an escape from that capture or 2) various moves that work for the same purpose. If anybody knows more, please add to this!

Etymology

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maido (舞殿)

togo: I did a bit research with dictionaries, wikipedia and some googling: The maido/maiden/maidono (舞殿) is a small pavillion in shinto shrines, where weddings, dances and music are performed. It can also be called kagura hall (神楽殿), referring to its original use. Often it is a very prominent roof standing on non-prominent beams. The connection to Go is probably the characteristic triangular shape of its roof hovering above the ground.

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"extended maido"

On the funny side, at real-life maido there often is an extension (probably added later) which could be referred to this killing extension in Go.


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