Elbow Lock
Keywords: Go term
The Elbow Lock is a tesuji where a player removes an eye by throwing in in such a way that the opponent must capture and thereby loses eyespace.
The term elbow lock was coined by John Fairbairn
is the elbow lock. Black cannot connect at a due to a shortage of liberties. If black captures, white plays a and black is dead.
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