Split Knight's Move
The
stones are split apart by the
stones.
This shape can be called a split knight's move, split keima, ripped knight's move or ripped keima.
Locally speaking this is very bad for White: the stones
and
cannot help each other at all.
White must have some extremely good reason to allow
here. Mostly White should answer
at
, connecting her stones and blocking Black's development. As such the shape is often the result of a ko threat.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/13/971f783f55b3f5d99cea3bf891e4f4fa.png)
Possible dodging
It is conceivable that White might want instead to treat
as a sacrifice, with
and
here.
Usage
- The terms are not very common. Often the more general split shape is used or simply split?.
See also
- Cutting right through a knight's move is very big
- L'âme du Go
- Six good six bad shapes?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/50/d64888c451ba1519391c28085956e574.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/5/07f8399bbad511ee8b0cc18ba882ec79.png)
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