"If White 1, Black 2, then White 3"

RobertJasiek · #1

That I have been complaining about since the mid 90s.

tchan001 · #2

You can always choose to boycott the books you don't like :lol:

HermanHiddema · #3

Generally, the implied meaning is something like:

After :w1:

, Black cannot play :b2:

as shown, because :w3:

is too good for white.

The formulation "If White 1, Black 2, then White 3" is very reminiscent of game reviews, where, if a student asks "But what about Black here?" and the teacher answers "Then White plays here", with the implied "which is good for white" left off, because it is considered obvious.

As such, the caption is a succinct reference to this way of teaching, and is chosen over leaving off a caption altogether.

Loons · #4

I really like captions that go through and describe the feelings of the moves.

Egs.

Ishida's wrote:

Black 2 and 4 are also feasible. White 5 is the vital point. Black settles himself with 6 to 10. White 11 starts fighting in the centre. White can be confident because with 9 his stones on the right are settled. One cannot say if this result or Dia. 32 is better.

Ishida's wrote:

If white 1, Black comes back to 2. Next, White naturally must extend at 3. This makes magnificent shape. White is unconcerned about the thinness of his two-space jump. Next-

"If White 1, Black 2, then White 3"

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