Crane's Nest Tesuji
The crane's nest tesuji is a classic tesuji used to capture fleeing stones.
Black has just played
, with the intention of connecting his three stones on the left with
. How can White capture those stones?
White
captures the stones with the crane's nest tesuji. (
at
)
In Poland we call this tesuji kraszek (in English you could say crashek) after Janusz Kraszek.
--Marcin Kaminski
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blacklabel: black is dead.
is tesuji. if black tries to escape at
, white answers at
.
useless since
is snapback (
at b). if white plays 1 at 2 black can escape at 1 and whites cut at a would be atari after black plays b
blacklabel: black is dead. white plays
,
tries to escape, and
cuts.
useless, since
creates snapback(
at b). note white has to attack from above. otherwise cutting stone (which would be at a is atari after black b and black can escape.
so 1 really is tesuji here, every other play lets black escape killing the 4 whites on the side and leaving the rest crumbled
See also:
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