Sabaki Examples

   

Examples of Sabaki

Example 1

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Clever sabaki

From a game between Jowa (White) and Hattori Rittetsu. According to Hashimoto Utaro, W1 - W3 is an instructive example of Jowa's cleverness at sabaki. White can sacrifice W1 and play the vital point a in sente if Black tries to undercut the white group.

Velobici: Could someone add an example of the possible Black undercut of the White group and then supplement that with how W1 prevents the undercut from succeeding.

HookAndLoop: My understand is that a Black play at 'x' is the undercut being referred to. W1 is then atari on Black's atari at 'x'. Black then has to capture and white can fix it's shape in gote.

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Now it's black's turn

Suppose white just plays W1. Now when black decends to B2 white blocks at W3 to keep some eyespace for her group, but since black doesn't have to respond to W3, he gets another move. In other words, B2 is forcing, but W3 is not. In the sabaki example, a move by black at x is forcing, but white's reply at a is also forcing. This sacrifice to gain tempo? is a standard technique. For additional information see this [ext] example and chapter 10 of Tesuji by James Davies.


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