Life In 19x19

I'm quite a keen Arimaa player, although not all that good - rating currently a shade below 1800. (In fact, while it is heresy to state this here, I actually much prefer it to Go. I've barely played Go in the past 6 months, while I've been playing quite a lot of Arimaa online.) I also struggled on ...

It's because, for some reason, you're using 9 and 0 for the 2 moves, rather than 1 and 2. The "m19" in the header means that 1 will show up as 19, 2 as 20, and in general, n as n+18. (And 0 counts as 10 here.)

xed_over wrote:The default 10 is just ridiculously too few

Are you sure the default is 10? I'm pretty sure I've never changed any settings, and I get 20 per page. (And even that sometimes takes a while to load - but that's probably because I'm on a cheap netbook )

Well, I'm glad we gave you strong players something interesting to rip apart Seriously, having just glanced through the comments, thanks to all, ez4u and topazg in particular, for some great analysis - not all of which I was able to take in at first glance. But I understood enough to be kicking ...

I've had a change of heart about playing this endgame - I see no point in dragging this game out for a few more days. I resign - I can clearly no longer make any significant dent in your lead of about 7/8 points. Thankyou very much for the game

I'm sure we both made a lot of mistakes in this game ...

$$Bcm257 Prisoner Count
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$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O O X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O O . X X X ...

@topazg:

D'oh - I'd missed that P15 gave me a point at Q15

I also hadn't thought of P15 from me as being worth anything, since he then has P13 - so it'd be zero points "in sente", only being sente of course if 1986 deems it worth responding to a "threat" of only 1 point (plus half-point ko ...

$$Bcm255 Prisoner Count
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$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O 1 X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O O X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O O . X X X ...

*runs and hides*

$$Bcm253 Prisoner Count
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$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O O X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O . . X X X ...

$$Bcm251 Prisoner Count
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$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O O X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O . . X X X ...

$$Bcm249 Prisoner Count
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O . X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O . . X X X ...

$$Bcm247 Prisoner Count
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O . X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O . . X X X ...

Bump indeed - even though it's our move

I'd be happy to continue, but don't feel very motivated to if there's no comment from my team-mate (should that be plural? I got kind of lost where we got with finding a replacement for Rafa) or my captain...

$$Bcm245 Prisoner Count
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$$ | . . . . O X . X . X X O . . O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . X O X . X O X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . O . O X . O X . X X O O O O O O O |
$$ | . . . O . X . X . X X O O X X X X O X |
$$ | . . . O X . X O . X O . . O . . X X X ...