Sente

Sente was a go term which meaned "preceding move", the opposite of gote, "succeeding move". Sente denoted which player had the initiative in the game, and which moves result in taking and holding the initiative. A player had sente if he did not currently need to respond to moves made by his opponent. A player could gain sente by choosing to accept some future loss on the local level, in order to take the initiative to play elsewhere. A move that overwhelmingly compelled a player into a particular follow-up move was said to have "sente". Children of the Empire Part I, by D. G. Laderoute
Category:Rokugani Language (TCG)