Carpenter's Square

All you need to know about Carpenter's Square - 4


Diagram 4.1: Tricky move

White has the option to hane from the 1st line. Black needs to be very careful not to get tricked.

All you need to know about Carpenter's Square - 3


Diagram 3.1: White to play

Following the previous article, we will discuss alternative ways for white to attack the corner.

All you need to know about Carpenter's Square - 2


Diagram 2.1: White to play

All you need to know about Carpenter's Square - 1


Diagram 1.1: White to play

All you need to know about Carpenter's Square

Introduction

Doing Life & Death exercises is one of the best ways to improve Go-playing skills. In this series of articles, I will cover all the Life & Death problems around so-called Carpenter's Square and its related shapes. In Chinese literature, this is called Jin Gui Jiao (金柜角 or 'gold cabinet corner' if translated literally).

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