sashikomi
Keywords: Go term
A sashikomi is a thrust into an enemy formation that touches three enemy stones.
In Nagahara's Strategic Concepts of Go it is also called insertion. The one above is used as an example for a probe:
Black just approached (tsume), threatening an invasion at a. White could defend at b, but has a better option: probe at c.
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is a sashikomi that threatens to cut at a
or b.
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