Life In 19x19

kvasir wrote: Is this one of those ancient sage wisdoms that no one has heard of?

No, it pops up in quite a few books on life and death.

kvasir wrote: Are there any other similar rules?

Y... Yes? Hundreds? Depending on your definitions of "similar" and "rules", of course.

yoyoma wrote:I linked this on the Computer Go Community discord.

Would mind sharing a link to that discord server?

First, my eyes were drawn to a, but then I thought that b may be good?

$$Bc Black to play
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$$ | . . . . O . . O X X O X . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . b O X O O O O X O O X X . . X X . |
$$ | . . O , X . . O X O O O ...

EdLee wrote:I don't know a 'formal' definition of alive;

The usual definiton is: Stones are 'alive' if they cannot be captured.

So then, we are left with 3 possibilities: ⋅ Top pro VS supercomputer, while putting things on more common ground without giving a handicap or a surplus of moves or stones (ie purposely degrading the computer performance) ⋅ Top pro VS top pro ⋅ Supercomputer VS ...

I have the App for about 5 minutes and I like it lot. What I would like to have is...

1. Pattern Search and
2. Marking dead stones in the SE.

But that has been said already. Keep up your great work!

This reminds of the Gungi match between the Ant King and Komugi in Hunter x Hunter. Highly recommended!

Yeah, being serious about the game is necessary, but it also depends on the context. A friendly game in a café is something else as a tournament game. Maybe make a bet with a friend: If you lose ...

I haven't read the thread in detail, so my points may have emerged already one way or the other. But the two most effective ways to get better concentration (apart from trying to concentrate more and more often) are:

1. Meditation: About 20 minutes every day are enough to help you to focus on the ...

I'd argue it's not the right question but the wrong question points in an interesting direction, one thing that is raised here is that the OP didn't see the mistakes in the corner as if they realised they got a raw deal in the corner after the pincer the question wouldn't be about the pincer being ...

While I can understand the idea that Joelnelsonb's biggest mistake might not have been a pincer, I can see his point in that it can still be good, as a teacher, to answer the question.

Recently I feel passionate about the idea that, a student can learn when he or she is motivated. When they are ...

Sounds as if it is more related to Reversi. I'll give it a try later today.

Why don't you play it without handicap stones?

I just read about the tragic incident of the second game of the 50th Oza title match: Cho Chikun lost on time because he didn't realize it was his turn to move.

My question is: How often does it happen, that pros loose on time? Say in a relatively important match with sensible time settings (so ...

@skydyr:

What about this?

$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X . . . . . .
$$ | X O . X X . . . .
$$ | O . O O X X . . .
$$ | . 1 . O O X . . .
$$ | . 2 . O X X . . .
$$ | . . . O O X . . .
$$ | . . . O X X ...

As far as I know, they go to Beijing for training and have currently no planned games in Japan.