Empty triangle against first line hane
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: EndGame
If White mindlessly plays the hane connect of
against
, Black can surprise her by cutting at
. When
captures,
is atari. Next, ...
if
connects,
will capture the stones by driving them to the right, usually, because that's where Black's territory lies, since this was an endgame problem to start with.
This empty triangle of
may look like bad shape but this is correct endgame play under normal conditions.
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