LESSONS WITH KAZ: Dangers of the quasi-hane (4/4/2011)
Published on 4/5/2011
Sometimes a hane is not a hane. Sometimes it’s a "hane-dashi," which is not a tesuji, but a mistake. Kaz calls it "quasi-hane" and in today’s Lesson he shows why it’s a mistake. Please jump to W20 to begin the lesson. [sgf sgfUrl="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011_04_04_Lessons-with-Kaz-the-quasi-hane.sgf" theme="full" href="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011_04_04_Lessons-with-Kaz-the-quasi-hane.sgf" class="alignright"][/sgf] These are lessons for go players ranging from 4-dan to 10-kyu. A longtime contributor to the American Go E-Journal, former insei Kazunari Furuyama has returned with his popular EJ column, now in sgf files and re-named Lessons with Kaz. Kaz co-authored Kiseido’s Get Strong at Joseki, volumes 2 and 3 and is now teaching on KGS Plus. This material is provided as a benefit of membership in the American Go Association; you are welcome to download as many copies for personal use as necessary; please do not distribute.