Hand and Brain

   

How to Play

Hand and Brain Go (also "Brain and Hand" Go) is a [ext] variant.

Two players collaborate to make moves, the "Brain" says the Shape or Move name and the "Hand" plays that move anywhere on the board

  • [ext] Move name examples: Hane, One-point jump, Knight's Move, Diagonal Move, Stretch, Bump, Peep, Block (and so on)
  • [ext] Shape name examples: Ponnuki, Tiger's mouth, Table shape, Square, Stretch, Throwing star, Honeycomb shape (and so on)
  • In the [ext] early game the Brain may say play in a corner, side extension, corner approach, approach star-point or [ext] tengen
  • It is considered "Cheating" to explicitly tell the Hand what you are thinking, similar to [ext] Pair Go (teammates speak in Shapes)

Teaching Shape

  • The Student attains a deeper understanding of Shape, while the Teacher can better understand the Students ability

Players

  • This can be played 2 vs 1 with another human or computer opponent
  • Alternatively this could be played 2 vs 2 similar to Pair Go

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