Heavy Examples
Keywords: Go term
Examples of the term, heavy.
Example 1
This example is from Go Seigen: 21st Century Go, vol. 1, p. 132. Go Seigen's comment: "The osae of
is really heavy."
Example 2
The 4-4 point diagonal attachment joseki is common in handicap games.
forces
, which makes the white group heavy. If
wasn't there, White would soon play an extension at or near
and the group would be strong instead of heavy.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/26/64b20f786a783e453060c07f9c32666e.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/18/5c09bd79d43eeff86d5f1b7fae77b195.png)
2024 the Authors,
published under the ![Sensei's Library [Welcome to Sensei's Library!]](../../images/stone-hello.png)