Staying connected with basic shapes

Keeping your stones connected is the first important beginner lesson. This can mean more than placing adjecent stones (nobi). These are the basic shapes:

• One point jump (ikken tobi) or two point jumps (nikken horaki): On straight lines one or two position away are good moves.
• Diagonal (kosumi)
• Small or the large knight (keima & ogeima) moves can be connected if closer to the edge.