A little bit of Go vocabulary

jarendesta (71)in #game • 7 years ago

Hello Steemians !

This post is quite special because I’ll only use it as a link for my Go post. I receive some message asking for some explanation of the Go terms so I decided to make a list of them and their signification.

Japanese term	Signification
Aji	Potential, often use to call a weak position where there are still things to do.
Moyo	Potential territory, you often like to create a big moyo.
Joseki	Fair and well-known trade between the two players in the early game.
Tenuki	The fact of don't answer a move from your opponent.
Goban	Board where you can play Go.
San-san	The 3-3 point, just know that there is one san-san in each corner.
Hoshi	Star point, often used to call to 4-4 point when you're taking a corner.
Komoku	It's the 3-4 point in the corner.
Keima	Similar to the knight move in chess.
Tengen	Name of the central point of a Goban.
Hane	Move above, ahead of opponent stone.
Kosumi	Diagonal move.
Tesuji	Smart move, often use to call a powerful move.
Shisho	Capturing sequence where you capture something with a stair shape.
Chinese opening	Opening strategy with a hoshi, a komuku and a stone in the middle near the hoshi.
San rei sei	Opening strategy where you take 3 hoshi on one side.