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From: t68@np1.hep.nl (Jos Vermaseren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The meaning of 'Atari'
Message-ID: <157@np1.hep.nl>
Date: 5 Apr 89 13:12:13 GMT
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Reply-To: t68@np1.hep.nl (Jos Vermaseren)
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The meaning of Atari in go is like check in chess: you threaten to
conquer one or more stones and you warn your opponent that you are
doing this. This may or may not be vital (unlike in chess).
The meaning of the word sente is different from what the previous poster
said. Sente means the right to move first. If somebody comes out of a 
local fight in sente he is the one who is at liberty to choose the
next confrontation. This can be a big advantage. It can determine
whether you are on the offense or on the defense (gote).

So atari tried to put some companies in `atari' (did capture one
company but that wasn't a good move after all).

Jos Vermaseren
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