Play the nose: tip for beginners

A tip to remember:

When White is trying to create 2 eyes :eyes:

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Black should play in the nose! :nose:

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Cheers,
Dr Bèco

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You will also find people calling these type of moves as playing on the “vital point”.
See also: https://senseis.xmp.net/?EyeShape

The word “nose” is also used in a couple other go phrases:
https://senseis.xmp.net/?NoseTesuji
https://senseis.xmp.net/?NosePoint

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This is a great visualisation! Nice job!

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Currently I’m trying to remember to consider the nose tesuji in certain side press positions, instead of extending again.

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But we don’t need need a visualisation of “vital point” thank you… :grimacing::eggplant::grimacing:

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Well, one can use whatever mnemonic helps them best remember.

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