Thickness

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Black is better.

Thickness is a literal translation of the Japanese word atsumi? and connotes the position of power and impregnability conferred by the thickness of medieval castles' stone walls. A group is thick when it has developed beyond the level of stability in its local area without accruing significant weaknesses, and consequently projects power at a distance, especially over vacant or unsettled areas of the board. Such positions have a profound influence on the flow of the game. In the diagram, though white has about 10 points of territory in the corner, black can expect the power projected outward by his thick position to more than make up for this.? Note that his result would not be as good if white had a settled position in the direction black's influence is facing.

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