Go Proverbs

A wiki list of Go proverbs. Some of these will probably make more sense once you get a few games under your belt.

My faves:

* Your opponent's good move is your good move
* The opponent's vital point is my vital point
* Play on the point of symmetry
* Play double sente early
* Beware of going back to patch up
* Don't follow proverbs blindly
* When in doubt, Tenuki
* Don't go fishing while your house is on fire
* There is death in the hane
* Hane, Cut, Placement
* Learn the eyestealing tesuji
* Six die but eight live (on the second line)
* Four die but six live (on the third line or in the corner on the second line)
* Four is five and five is eight and six is twelve
* The carpenters square becomes ko
* The L group is dead
* The door group is dead
* Strange things happen at the one two point
* Eyes win semeais
* Check escape routes first