mongus wrote:
Bill Spight wrote:
Next question:
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Does Black have a better play than
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White would have to capture the stone or risk being cut off..
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That is very interesting. The possibility of sacrificing the stone to gain more territory hadn't actually occurred to me before.
Bravo!
BTW, in a real game, after
is so small by comparison with
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that White will probably have a bigger play somewhere else, and will not play
right away. In fact, Black will probably be able to play there with sente.