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Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:59 am
by wineandgolover
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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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Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:58 am
by DrStraw
It is a common enough sequence but I have never heard it described by any name.
Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:11 am
by wineandgolover
Cool, thanks! I've annotated the video (not visible on mobile OS's) and updated the info section of the video with the name.
Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:37 am
by DrStraw
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.
Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:37 am
by Uberdude
I think that name was coined by Charles Matthews.
Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:42 am
by daal
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
Re: Does this tesuji have an English name?
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:10 am
by DrStraw
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.