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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Sabaki - The Art of Settling Stones

Sabaki - The Art of Settling Stones

Bozulich, Richard

Paperback

Series: Mastering the Basics, Book 11

General Board Games

ISBN10: 4906574874
ISBN13: 9784906574872
Publisher: Kiseido Pubn Co
Published: Mar 11 2018
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

During the opening stages of the game the players stake out positions and more or less divide the board. Normally each player wants to win and take just over 50% of the board. This usually involves a balance between safety and risk; that is, making a safe and non-invadable extension or an extension that is slightly farther and limits the opponent's territory. The drawback of the latter is that the position now becomes invadable. This usually means that when an invasion takes place, the invading stones do not have enough space to make an extension that guarantees life. That, in turn, means the invader has to run away. However, running away is not always the best strategy as it is one-sided -- that is, it allows your opponent to harass the run-away stones while securing territory and building influence. Often it is far better to make the beginnings of eye-shape -- to breathe life into the invading stones -- before running away. In other words, 'to make sabaki.'

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