Don’t keima while escaping
First of all: keima is the correct word for the "knight’s move" on Go.
Keima can be a very good move while making a connection, protecting a cut or establishing a group. But it has a weakness: Keima always leaves the remote chance of a cut.
Let’s see this situation:
As you can see, there is a black floating group, with only one eye. If black tries to escape at A, White will play at B, Black responds at C and White cuts at D.
Taking into account the superiority of White in this area, the cut will work nicely. If White didn’t have that much superiority there would be a huge fight for the cutting stones, remember that cutting stones are very valuable, not just because they are 2 or 4 points; it is because they lead the huge black group to life or death.
So, from now on, if you have to escape, try single space jumps, and avoid keimas. The only way to play keimas while escaping is having read all the possibilities and knowing that you will succeed.
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