small scale
A move that is small scale is of inadequate size compared with alternative moves that affect a larger portion of the board. In the first diagram black 5 is joseki - it is played on a sufficiently large scale, the aim being to "swallow up" the single white stone within a large black territory without playing extra stones nearby to capture it. The alternative at A is too small scale as perhaps can be appreciated by noticing the expansion of the white area and the overconcentration of the black stones in the second diagram. |