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Does this tesuji have an English name?
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Author:  wineandgolover [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:59 am ]
Post subject:  Does this tesuji have an English name?
In my most recent video, I wonder whether the reason I have never played this tesuji is because I never knew a name for it.

Is there a generally accepted English-language name for it? If not, should we create one?

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Author:  DrStraw [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
It is a common enough sequence but I have never heard it described by any name.
Author:  wineandgolover [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Marcel Grünauer wrote:
"ko lock"


Cool, thanks! I've annotated the video (not visible on mobile OS's) and updated the info section of the video with the name.
Author:  DrStraw [ Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Interesting. I've been playing the sequence for years never knowing it had a name. I guess that shows that you don't need the name to be able to play good moves.
Author:  Uberdude [ Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
I think that name was coined by Charles Matthews.
Author:  daal [ Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Charles Matthews on Sensei's Library wrote:
This tactic is as old as the hills; but the 'ko lock' name goes back to Victor Chow, a Chinese amateur now in South Africa.

Charles Matthews
Author:  DrStraw [ Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
So it doesn't have a name in Japanese. I was assuming that was the translation of the Japanese term. Most other go terms are.
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