Go Proverb - Proverbs

Proverbs

• Add a second stone to one on the third line then abandon both.
• An eye of six points in a rectangle is alive.
• Don't make dangos.
• Don't make empty triangles.
• Don't peep at a cutting point.
• Don't peep at both sides of a bamboo joint.
• Even a moron connects against a peep.
• Do not be greedy! Chinese: 贪不得胜; pinyin: Tān bùdé shèng; literally "Greed cannot prevail"
• Play fast, lose fast.
• Don't play 1, 2, 3 - Just play 3.
• For rectangular six in the corner to live, liberties are necessary.
• Hane at the head of three stones.
• Hane at the head of two stones.
• If you don't understand ladders then don't play Go.
• If you have lost all four corners then you have lost.
• If you have secured all four corners then you have won.
• If you have secured all four corners then you have lost.
• In a fight, contact plays strengthen the underdog.
• In a semeai capture the ko on the final play.
• In the corner six stones live but four stones die.
• Keep your stones connected.
• Learn the eye-stealing tesuji.
• Never try to cut bamboo joints.
• On the second line eight stones live but six stones die.
• On the third line, four will die but six will live.
• Play in the centre of a symmetrical formation.
• Ponnuki is worth 30 points.
• Separate your opponent's stones.
• Strange things happen at the 1-2 points.
• Strike at the waist of the knight's move.
• The carpenter's square becomes ko.
• The comb formation is alive.
• The monkey jump is worth 8 points.
• The weak carpenter's square is dead.
• There is death in the hane.
• You only have one weak group. Your other weak groups are dead.
• Your enemy's key point is your own key point.