for influence. He usually has a 4-4 or 5-4 stone in the opposite corner when playing such a move. Black responds at 
to counter this strategy while white plays the shoulder hit at 
to again try for influence. At this point, black is happy to get some fourth line territory, and white is happy to gain his influence (usually pushing along with 
and 
). Clearly (a) will be a key point in this position later.
Inkwolf, that one is more clear: the speaker was using the Black stone merely as a pointing device,Inkwolf wrote:And, of course, black playing five inches off the side of the board is a well-known ninja tesuji....
EdLee wrote:Inkwolf, that one is more clear: the speaker was using the Black stone merely as a pointing device,Inkwolf wrote:And, of course, black playing five inches off the side of the board is a well-known ninja tesuji....
on the surveillance photo, to mark a building/structure (?)
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BaghwanB wrote:But do we see the "drop your stone in your drink" or "dip your fingers in coffee instead of the stone bowl" tesujis here?
Those are some of my personal favorites (and I demonstrate them often enough...).
So I and we are not the only ones. At our local regular Go evenings here in the village I’ve experienced some more of these. Since we all are smokers (yes, we all know that’s bad), ash trays are allowed on the playing tables, and we have also sweets and nuts standing around in bowls, plus our coffee or tea mugs. Adding to what you’ve described, I’ve seen:
Redbeard wrote:The series takes place around 950 c.e. Do you think this is historically based, or one of the many liberties taken by the production?
The following go board, a gift from a Korean king to the Japanese emperor in the early 7th century, has sunjang baduk star points marked.judicata wrote:I'm not sure about the shape of the stones. But according to a lecture by Nam Chi-Hyung (Korean pro) I attended during the US Go Congress, the Koreans would likely be playing Sunjang Baduk during that time period. It has many different rules, one of which is the prescribed placement of stones (shown below). It's difficult to tell, but the closeup image doesn't seem to conform.
