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Personal tesuji names

Post by dfan »

Many common tesuji have standard names, such as the crane's nest tesuji, the nose tesuji, snapback, throw-in, etc. I find that giving names to things like this makes it easier to remember them.

There are a few other tesujis that I've ended up giving my own personal names to. This will always be the fish-hook tesuji to me, for obvious reasons:

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[go]$$B The fish-hook tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . X X X X . . . .
$$ | X X O O O X . . .
$$ | O O . 3 . X . . .
$$ | . . O 2 1 . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]

While this is the needle-and-thread tesuji:

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[go]$$B The needle-and-thread tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . . . .
$$ | X O O O X X . . .
$$ | O 2 . 3 O X . . .
$$ | . 1 O O . X . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]

The needle punctures the fabric at :b1: and then draws the thread back to :b3: through the fault line that exposes White's shortage of liberties.

Finally, this is the hang-back tesuji:
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[go]$$B The hang-back tesuji
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . .
$$ | O X X . 2 B O . .
$$ | . X . 1 . 3 . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]

:b1: hangs back, apparently leaving the marked stone out to dry, but demonstrates that it's still safe with :b3:.

Do you have any personal names for common tesuji? Do any of the above tesuji have standard names that I'm unaware of?
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[go]$$W "Kicking the raccoon in the balls."
$$ | . . O . O . . . .
$$ | . . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . O X . O . . .
$$ | . . O X X O . . .
$$ | . X X O O X X . .
$$ | . . 3 . . 1 . . .
$$ | . . . 4 2 . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]
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Post by Kirby »

Violence wrote:
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[go]$$W "Kicking the raccoon in the balls."
$$ | . . O . O . . . .
$$ | . . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . O X . O . . .
$$ | . . O X X O . . .
$$ | . X X O O X X . .
$$ | . . 3 . . 1 . . .
$$ | . . . 4 2 . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]


I call this one the "Day 2 of Train Like a Pro Book 1" tesuji.
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Kirby wrote:I call this one the "Day 2 of Train Like a Pro Book 1" tesuji.


You know, this doesn't have quite the same ring for me :)
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[go]$$B petrification
$$ | . O , . . , .
$$ | . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O . . . .
$$ | X X O O O , .
$$ | O X X X O . O
$$ | . O 1 X . . .
$$ +---------------[/go]

Black drains the life out of the White stones, instantly freezing them in place like old, rotted trees.

This is more commonly known as a "crush", I think.
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[go]$$
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X O O O . .
$$ | X X . O X X O . .
$$ | . . X . X X O . .
$$ ------------------[/go]


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[go]$$
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X O O O . .
$$ | X X 1 O X X O . .
$$ | . . X 2 X X O . .
$$ ------------------[/go]


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[go]$$ "Revenge of the zombies tesuji"
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . .
$$ | . O X X O O O . .
$$ | X X X O 1 . O . .
$$ | . . X O . . O . .
$$ ------------------[/go]
Patience, grasshopper.
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Re: Personal tesuji names

Post by Harleqin »

Violence wrote:
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[go]$$W "Kicking the raccoon in the balls."
$$ | . . O . O . . . .
$$ | . . O X . . . . .
$$ | . . O X . O . . .
$$ | . . O X X O . . .
$$ | . X X O O X X . .
$$ | . . 3 . . 1 . . .
$$ | . . . 4 2 . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]



I think that it is called something like "scratching the tanuki's belly" in japanese. The tanuki is a japanese raccoon dog.
A good system naturally covers all corner cases without further effort.
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Re: Personal tesuji names

Post by HermanHiddema »

I've coined the Throwing Star shape:

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[go]$$B
$$ . . . . . .
$$ . . . X . .
$$ . X . . . .
$$ . . . . X .
$$ . . X . . .
$$ . . . . . .[/go]


and the Grappling Hook tesuji

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[go]$$B
$$ . . . . . .
$$ . . . . . .
$$ . . . 1 . .
$$ . . . O . .
$$ . X . . . .
$$ . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$B Black to live.
$$ ----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X X . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . O . O X . X X O O . . .
$$ | . . . O O O X . O X . . . .
$$ | . . . . O X O O O O X O . .
$$ | . . . X X X X . X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]

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[go]$$B Black can live only by using the invisible tesuji.
$$ ----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X X . . O . B . . .
$$ | . . O . O X . X X O O . . .
$$ | . . . O O O X . O X . . . .
$$ | . . . . O X O O O O X O . .
$$ | . . . X X X X . X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ ----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . b . . .
$$ | . . . O X X . . O 2 1 8 a .
$$ | . . O . O X . X X O O 7 9 0
$$ | . . . O O O X . O X 3 5 6 .
$$ | . . . . O X O O O O X O . .
$$ | . . . X X X X c X X 4 . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]

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[go]$$B
$$ ----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X X . 5 O 3 1 2 . .
$$ | . . O . O X . X X O O . . .
$$ | . . . O O O X . O X 4 . . .
$$ | . . . . O X O O O O X O . .
$$ | . . . X X X X . X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/go]

I call it the invisible tesuji because this kind of move is something that remains invisible from our reading eyes and chances are you won't find it in the 1 out of every 9000 games it just might happen to be applicable for. It is difficult for even professionals to find this kind of tesuji, but at the same time it is found in more than just the 6-dan section of tesuji books.

For instance:


And as seen from a game between Mizutani Nuiji vs Iwasaki Kenzo ( :w3: ):
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[go]$$Wc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . X . . X . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . X . X O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . X O . O O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . X . , O . O X X O . . X . X , X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . O . O . O O X O . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . . O O . . X O . X O . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . O O X O X . O . . |
$$ | . . 3 . X O X . . . . X O . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . . . O . X O . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . O X . X . . . , O . . |
$$ | . X X O . O X . . X X . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O O . X 1 O X O . X . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X 2 . O . . X . O O X . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . O X . X O . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . O O . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . , . . O . O X O X . |
$$ | . . X O O X O . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O X X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

The comment attached for this move was the following:
[W3] is a marvelous move, which makes you thumb the table and shout "bravo"! This move makes sacrifice in order to gain, its cleverness is unconventional. Later on, Go pros regard this move together with the clever move of no category (please see Japan Famous Blood Vomiting Game) is different in approach but equally satisfactory in result! It is indeed a hard-to-come-by famous move!

Personally, I think it is, hands down, the most beautiful tesuji ever.
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Post by Jonas »

One and a half year back, when I was around 20kyu I visited a go club in the Ruhr-area, which is around 100 km away from here.
I played a couple of games there. In one of the games I encountered the following endgame sequence:

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[go]$$W The Linda-Sequence
$$ | . . . O . . . . .
$$ | 4 O O . . . . . .
$$ | 1 X X O O O O O O
$$ | 2 3 5 X X X X X X
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ ------------------[/go]


Well I, myself back then a very confident 20 kyu, who of course had nearlly mastered the game, played the sequence out. After my opponent, a very positiv and friendly woman, played 5 I realised that all my corner stones were done for. After the game - which I lost pretty badly ;) - she told me that the sequence has a special name. Some years ago there was a girl named Linda, who visited the go club and played all the time this wrong sequence (starting with Move 2) and was not able answer the hane at 1 properly. Therefore her follow go-club members started to call the first line hane in constallation with the two lonely black stones the Linda-Sequence, because Linda would fall for it every time.

When I see two beginners playing a game and one of them is playing the hane and the otherone is answering the wrong way I always think of this evening in the goclub ;)

P.S.: I now this is not actually a Suji or something ;-)
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