Bottleneck

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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.

The bottleneck formation invariably leads to a ladder situation. Red gets ladders in both directions.

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Bottlenecks with bridges