Go Term Update

jarendesta (71)in #game • 7 years ago

Hello Steemians !

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

This is an update to my previous post, I added more terms, enjoy !

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 op	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.
Tobi	Jump from a stone with a space between them, fast move.
Nobi	Stone placed next to another, very slow move.
Fuseki	It’s how the beginning of the game is called.
Yose	It’s how the end of the game is called.
Chuban	It’s how the middle game is called.
Geta	Capture technique using a net.
Tsuke	Contact move.
Throw-in	Sacrifice a stone to reduce the number of oppponent liberties
Ko	Situation where you can’t take back an opponent stone right away