Net

PageType: Path   Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Tesuji, Tactics, Go term

Chinese: 枷/枷吃 (jia1/jia1 chi1)
Japanese: 下駄 ゲタ (geta)
Korean: 장문 (jang moon)

A net (also frequently called geta) is a technique where one or more stones are captured by enclosing them in a 'net' of stones which has holes in it, all of which the attacker can block. 做成类似笼子的棋形来围捕对方的棋子,这种吃子方法叫作“枷吃”。

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Basic net
Capturing two stones
Atari and net
three stones
Knight’s net

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Basic net

The basic form of a net is B1 in this diagram. The marked white stone now cannot escape: If White plays a, Black answers at b; if White c, then d.

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Capturing two stones

Capturing two stones in a net. a and b are miai and so are c and d.

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Atari and net

In this diagram, White captures the cutting stones with the combination of W1 and W3 in this diagram.



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three stones

From three stones onward, the common technique of W1 for one or two stones does not work anymore. However, if white+circle were at a, then we have a position known as the crane's nest tesuji and Black's stones are captured.

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Knight’s net

Sometimes the solution is to make a looser net with a keima, when a tight net at a doesn't work because of multiple atari.


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