Giant Monkey Jump
Difficulty: Intermediate Keywords: Life & Death, Tesuji, Shape, Tactics, Go term
In this diagram, a black move at a would be the standard monkey jump, while black b is a small monkey jump. The giant monkey jump at c instead is normally a bad idea, because the connection between c and can be broken. However, there are rare situations when the giant monkey jump is actually the best move. Here are two examples found on 101 Weiqi.