Playing on Fox following the Leela Zero Opening Gospel

Uberdude · #1

Hi all,

I made a youtube video on the Leela Zero Opening Gospel (which I introduced in text form on this forum at https://www.lifein19x19.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17555):

Then I played a game on the Fox server whilst I commented, putting these ideas into practice. Starting off at 3 dan I'm rather a sandbagger, but from other channels the sandbag and comment format seems quite popular as an educational style, so let me know if you like it and any other feedback. I'm still a bit of a noob in video editing etc so no fancy graphics yet.

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Kirby · #2

I enjoyed this video - I decided to subscribe because of it. Thanks for making it.

One thing that stuck out to me was the nuance in identifying urgent moves, which you've already identified in your gospel:

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In general, play the following classes of opening moves in order from top to bottom. There will of course be exceptions, notably when there is an urgent situation involving weak groups or when there is some local sequence with high temperature happening, but once things quieten down these principles will help you find the next biggest move. The negative numbers are common examples of these urgent local situations.

But I didn't think about it much until I saw you putting this into action. In particular, this position:

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The question that comes to mind is whether it's urgent to play 'a'. And if so, how urgent? Is it as urgent as a -3, where your 3-4 is being pressed?

It'd seem difficult to find a general principle that tells us the degree of urgency in a local position, and how it relates to the gospel. But for those "normal" situations where there doesn't seem to be something unusual happening, it seems like a decent heuristic to just follow the list.

Uberdude · #3

Kirby wrote:

I enjoyed this video - I decided to subscribe because of it. Thanks for making it.

One thing that stuck out to me was the nuance in identifying urgent moves, which you've already identified in your gospel:

Quote:

In general, play the following classes of opening moves in order from top to bottom. There will of course be exceptions, notably when there is an urgent situation involving weak groups or when there is some local sequence with high temperature happening, but once things quieten down these principles will help you find the next biggest move. The negative numbers are common examples of these urgent local situations.

But I didn't think about it much until I saw you putting this into action. In particular, this position:

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The question that comes to mind is whether it's urgent to play 'a'. And if so, how urgent? Is it as urgent as a -3, where your 3-4 is being pressed?

It'd seem difficult to find a general principle that tells us the degree of urgency in a local position, and how it relates to the gospel. But for those "normal" situations where there doesn't seem to be something unusual happening, it seems like a decent heuristic to just follow the list.

If my 3-4 was being pressed, I'd answer that in a heartbeat over hane at a:

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You can also deduce this from the gospel: it rates blocking after a 3-3 invasion at -2, lower priority than answering press at -3. That's a 1 stone vs 1 stone position, where whoever plays first takes a 2-1 advantage. It's a general principle that as more stones are added to a position it gets less important (2 vs 1 is a bigger advantage than 11 vs 10, though exceptions apply like if its a deciding liberty in a semeai!) and here the hane at a turns a 2-1 advantage into a 3-1. So that should be lower priority than the original class -2 move white should have played of blocking.

The choice in the game was hane at a versus a class 4 3-3 invasion (the gospel had already told me that was bigger than answering one of the 4-4 approaches). If there was a class 1 empty corner available, I think I would have taken that over hane:

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A class 2 shimari or approach at b/c, not sure, this seems like a difficult decision and probably all three choices are okay. So my feeling is the hane is somewhere around class 2 in the priority order. But as the hane is a reverse sente, I think it'd take it, and because there are 2 class 2 moves remaining I can still get tedomari.

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Bill Spight · #4

Uberdude wrote:

It's a general principle that as more stones are added to a position it gets less important (2 vs 1 is a bigger advantage than 11 vs 10, though exceptions apply like if its a deciding liberty in a semeai!) and here the hane at a turns a 2-1 advantage into a 3-1.

I do believe that I was the first to articulate that principle several years ago.

Along with the principle that the greater the difference between the number of stones of different colors, the less urgent a position becomes. Both principles have numerous exceptions, OC.

Edit: I did not discover those principles through any deep insight. I was making a table to show some statistical results of pro games, and started off with Black stones vs. White stones. But then looking at the table, I realized that it made more sense to organize the results in terms of Black stones + White stones vs. Black stones - White stones.

Uberdude · #5

I've uploaded a few more videos. Game 2 was all going well until a big woopsy in the middle so a rather disappointing loss:

A review with Lizzie, hopefully this not only has useful Go tips but also how to review with Lizzie tips:

Game 3 more normal Fox 3d fare:

Kirby · #6

I enjoyed watching. Game 2 capturing race was a pity. Nonetheless, good videos.

Uberdude · #7

I made a video on the double ladder breaker tesuji

Uberdude · #8

After a bit of a break and buying a new microphone I made some new videos at the weekend, though I think I forgot to enable the external mic for the game! The review video the audio is noticeably better for the first minute but then some noise starts, I think this is the computer fans so I will adjust my setup to try to block this and/or reduce to the review to less CPU-intensive interactive review and more "here's a variation I made earlier".

Game 5 as Fox 3d:

Lizzie review:

Then on Sunday I had a bike accident and suffered a concussion, so will be less active for a bit.

le_4TC · #9

Sorry to hear about your accident, I wish you a speedy and complete recovery!

Bill Spight · **#10**

le_4TC wrote:

Sorry to hear about your accident, I wish you a speedy and complete recovery!

Moi aussi!

PeterHB · **#11**

Uberdude wrote:

Then on Sunday I had a bike accident and suffered a concussion, so will be less active for a bit.

In the spirit of unqualified good intentions, can I seriously suggest that you go carefully to avoid a second bang on the head for at least a month. Avoid sports or other situations where you could fall over and have another bang. I'm speaking just from having played a few sports where concussions occur, and the common ( unqualified ) view is that a second concussion before the first has healed is the thing that does serious damage. A single concussion with no second bang you get over. So best of luck and get well soon.

I stress I'm not qualified to give this opinion, so listen to a qualified medical doctor for correct advice.

https://www.cognitivefxusa.com/blog/multiple-concussions-effects-and-treatment

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