local sente

A move that might seem sente because it retains the initiative locally, but may not be big enough when the whole board is considered, and so may be correctly treated by the opponent as gote. In the diagram, it is White's turn to play. Locally A is sente, immediately gaining one point by making B a false eye (and thus eventually forcing Black to expend a move to fill it), and threatening to play at C capturing a black stone. However, Black should ignore the threat to play the sente monkey jump at D which is much bigger. So instead of A, White is advised to play the reverse sente move at E.