Does this tesuji have an English name?

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Does this tesuji have an English name?

Post by wineandgolover »

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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It is a common enough sequence but I have never heard it described by any name.
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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.
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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.
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I think that name was coined by Charles Matthews.
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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.

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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.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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