Psychological warfare in Go?

[yebellz]

The psychological aspects of Go are also related to the concept of trick plays, which makes this discussion related to the another thread also recently started by the original poster: Are trick moves wrong?

Here is another relevant thread that combines the discussion about trick plays and psychological factors:

Defending against trick plays

Hello everyone, Since learn go week is coming, I thought I can contribute a little bit by creating a topic I find interesting for discussion here. This post is based on the talk I prepared for the learn go week event at my local club. The topic is about trick play - which is regarded by most Go players including me as a dishonorable style of play - so I expect that many people will disagree with me bringing it up; but nevertheless I believe it would be a good topic to talk about. Reader preca…

In particular, see my reply here in that thread here: Defending against trick plays - #15 by yebellz