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Shape Up! Seong-June Kim Charles Matthews

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Introduction: The Scope of Shape What is shape? Strong go players have in their armoury many set patterns of play. While shape (Japanese katachi) could mean any pattern that regularly occurs on the go board, it is useful to restrict the idea somewhat. The most immediately valuable shape ideas are those revealing the position of vital points. A vital point is a key location. If you occupy it, that by itself will give you a good result, not by some magic, but because of the nature of the position....

An example treated joseki-style The rest of this Introduction works over a single opening pattern. This approach is typical of joseki books: you take a single corner opening and discuss a number of variations. You can read on to get a feel for the overall scope of shape ideas, and examples of some basic proverbs, in the context of decision-making. There’s therefore the disadvantage of no single conclusion or main point....