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The '''bottleneck''' is a common [[Defense pattern|defense pattern]]. The board fragment below shows a position where the vertical player (red) wants to connect to the bottom, but is being hindered by blue in a bottleneck formation.
 
The '''bottleneck''' is a common [[Defense pattern|defense pattern]]. The board fragment below shows a position where the vertical player (red) wants to connect to the bottom, but is being hindered by blue in a bottleneck formation.
  
<hex>R5, C5, Vd1, Hb2, Vc2, Hd2, Hb4</hex>
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<!-- <hex>R5, C5, Vd1, Hb2, Vc2, Hd2, Hb4</hex>-->
  
 
The bottleneck formation invariably leads to a [[Ladder|ladder]] situation.
 
The bottleneck formation invariably leads to a [[Ladder|ladder]] situation.

Revision as of 15:02, 7 June 2005

The bottleneck is a common defense pattern. The board fragment below shows a position where the vertical player (red) wants to connect to the bottom, but is being hindered by blue in a bottleneck formation.

Bottleneck.png


The bottleneck formation invariably leads to a ladder situation.