Simple question that bugs this beginner - hitting the head

daal · **#21**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

I tend to disagree with Kirby's reasoning. :b1:

is not all that weak, for it has miai to run at 'a' and 'o'. I still like 'c' better.

Kirby's reasoning above closely follows Yilun Yang's advice on how to approach a crosscut fight (See: The Workshop Lectures, Vol. 1). Another thing that Yang says however, is that a stone or group that has lost half its liberties can be considered weak. Although :b1:

can easily gain liberties, atm it's two stones away from oblivion.

Joaz Banbeck · **#22**

True. But by that definition, all black groups in the diagram are equally weak.

daal · **#23**

Yes, the situation is a bit unusual because no edges are in sight. Yang often points out that the inside group, i.e., the one closer to a wall, usually ought to be helped first.

yoyoma · **#24**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bc $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . 9 7 6 4 3 . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . 8 5 1 2 . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

1 - Tengen!
2 - I challenge you to a duel!
3 - Attack!
4 - Counter-attack!
5 - Imma ladder you yo.
6 - Denied.
7 - Double hane sup?
8 - COUNTER double hane yo!
9 - Imma ladder you!
10 - Ponnuki > ladder

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm11 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X X O O X 1 . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . O X X O 2 3 . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

11 - DOUBLE ladder threat sup!
12 - Break one ladder, make another. Ladder 2 stones > Ladder 1 stone
13 - Double ladder is back yo.

DrEntropy · **#25**

Wow, thanks everyone for the responses! This board is awesome. Kirby's post in particular was very valuable to me. I worried there was some easy answer I was missing. But Bill Spight summarized it best:

Bill Spight wrote:

Go is hard.

But also fun! :tmbup:

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