Middle game (5) Snapback


* 戦いのテクニック「ウッテガエシ」
Basic techniques for capturing enemy stones

1. The ladder

2. The geta (or net)

3. Oi-otoshi (the crane's nest)

4. The snapback



* The snapback
Dia. 1. There is a way of capturing two white stones. Where should Black play?
Dia. 1


Dia. 2. Black deliberately puts himself into atari by throwing in a stone and forcing White to capture it.

Dia. 3. When White captures, the three white stones are in atari themselves, so they are captured by Black. This technique is called the snapback.
Dia. 2 Dia. 3



* How to set up a snapback
Dia. 4. Please look carefully at how one sets up a snapback.

Black deliberately lets White capture a stone. By so doing, he gets to capture a larger number of white stones. The stone he gave up is like bait used in fishing.

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