Giant Monkey Jump

  Difficulty: Intermediate   Keywords: Life & Death, Tesuji, Shape, Tactics, Go term
[Diagram]

Different types of monkey jump

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 black+circle 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.

[Diagram]

Example 1: black to play and kill

Solution

[Diagram]

Example 2: black to play and kill

Solution


Here is an example from a pro game.

[Diagram]

Dang Yifei (W) = Wang Lei, 2009-12-28, position after move 166

Black can exploit the defect at a.

Solution


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