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A forcing move is a move to which opponent has to answer locally to defend against an immediate threat.
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A move is forcing when opponent has to answer locally to hold their advantage in the key area of the board.
  
== Example 1 ==
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A move can be mistakenly taken for a forcing one if it steals advantage in an area, but this area lost it's importance so that opponent benefits more from [[Tenuki|tenuki]].
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In this position blue player has 2 forcing moves to make - c4 and c3. In case of playing c3, red has to defend with c4. In case of playing c4, red has to defend with c3. Otherwise red loses the game.
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Notice that moves on a4, a5, f2 and f3 are not forcing. Against a4, a5 red has a choice of playing b5 which improves his position. Similarly, against f2, f3 red should play d2.
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Revision as of 15:57, 22 February 2017

A move is forcing when opponent has to answer locally to hold their advantage in the key area of the board.

A move can be mistakenly taken for a forcing one if it steals advantage in an area, but this area lost it's importance so that opponent benefits more from tenuki.