Another beginner question that's probably covered somewhere

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A tigers mouth with an extra stone

A crocodile’s mouth

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[image] I find it useful to think of this shape as separate (but ofc derived from) the tiger’s mouth, because it’s quite a common structure that occurs naturally following good play in many contact positions (not surrounded by empty space, obviously). I call it the crocodile’s mouth Crocodiles Mouth at Sensei's Library I’ve toyed with naming a jug shape when there’s an extra black stone at 2-4, and a vase when there’s instead an extra one at 5-4 (making a sort of enhanced bamboo joint).