Split shape
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Shape, Tactics
When talking about the split shape as a bad shape, we refer to this split knight's move (see there for more detail).
This could likewise be seen as a split jump. The disconnection is less severe than above, since White can still play A.
See also
- six good and six bad shapes
- Cutting right through a knight's move is very big (split keima)
- BQM 23
- Ripped keima in L’ame du Go
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How To Play Go, Lesson 4, Section 4.5
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