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Post #1 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:40 pm 
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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


Interested?

Damn, I am.

more to come ...

One has to dig a little bit deeper than 1 or 2 moves with AI if you want to sneak peak yourself ;-)

Only 3 games with this search window in my pro database. (Hint: But if these games are all by 9 Dans, perhaps a second look does not mean time spent in vain.)


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Post #2 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:29 pm 
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Oh, yes indeed, I was also very surprised when I saw this for the first time, which was soon after the "AlphaGo Teaching Tool" was released. I haven't seen the pattern prior to the invasion much nowadays anymore in pro games.

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Post #3 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:29 am 
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The next moves:

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . 3 4 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . 5 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . 9 8 6 . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . O 7 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


from here it gets a little bit messy ...


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Post #4 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:43 am 
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First let us have a look at some pro games:

game #1


game #2


game #3

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Post #5 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:14 am 
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If black plays a or b, just the marked move is a very good option for white. (see also game #2, the marked move would have been a good alternative)

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . b . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . X O a . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . W . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . O O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


after black c or d, depending on the board position, it gets ... interesting ;-)

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[go]$$B
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . d O O c . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


the next moves:

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[go]$$B
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . O O 1 . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . 2 . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 2 O X X . . |
$$ . . . , . . . . 1 O O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------------+[/go]


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Post #6 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:17 am 
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Poor Takao, did Yoda and Kono conspire to embarrass him by beating him with 'bad' moves ;-)

The resulting shape reminds me of what can happen following this footsweep shoulder hit combo of 1 and 3 (sometimes black 2 is one line closer), where you squeeze around with a shape full of cutting points but they can't exploit them quite yet due to having to fix your own problems first. The idea of solidifying your corner in exchange for solidifying them (bonus if overconcentrating) seems to be similar.

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ , . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . 0 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . 3 4 . . |
$$ . . . . . . 5 X . . |
$$ . . . . . 9 8 6 1 . |
$$ , . . . . . O 7 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ --------------------+[/go]


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Post #7 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:21 am 
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I also have an interesting LeelaZero move to share.
We are all familiar with white 1, mostly regarded as a "handicap go" move, but sometimes seen in pro games too.
In my database, hane at "a" is the most often seen reply (92% of the cases), followed by the more aggressive "b" (5%).

The first interesting bit is that playing 1 with white seems to be a favorite of LZ's, while in human pro games it comes up only in about 3% of the cases in the pattern below.
This seems to be LZ specific, since I haven't seen AG do that so often.

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[go]$$W
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$$ . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 1 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . b . . . |
$$ . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------+[/go]


The really interesting move though is black 2 below, which never appeared in any pro game in my database! I already saw this in so many LZ analysis sessions, that I realize it is a fundamental new way for LZ to deal with this sort of situation, and it seems to be firmly convinced that it is a good move, on par with the most common human way to reply to 1, which is to play hane at "a".

On my computer, black 2 below is favored by LZ over "a" initially (by "number of visits") for a long while, and it's only when both "a" and 2 get about 30K visits that "a" and 2 get comparable with each other (and take turns turning blue :-) ).

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . a . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 1 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . 2 . . |
$$ . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------+[/go]


See below for LZ's favorite local continuation:

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . .8. . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 6 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 1 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 3 2 . . |
$$ . O . . . . . O 4 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 7 5 . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------+[/go]


See the next diagram for what is typically LZ's line of play for the human hane with 2.
The most common human move is "a" instead of "4", but LZ seems to prefer kosumi at 4 because it's easier to make eyes locally (with a follow-up for black at "b").

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[go]$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ . . . . . . 3 1 X . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . a 4 . |
$$ . O . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . 5 b . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------+[/go]

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Post #8 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:09 pm 
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The really interesting move though is black 2 below, which never appeared in any pro game in my database! I already saw this in so many LZ analysis sessions, that I realize it is a fundamental new way for LZ to deal with this sort of situation, and it seems to be firmly convinced that it is a good move, on par with the most common human way to reply to 1, which is to play hane at "a".


I have 17 examples (Honinbo Shugen was the first), but 10 of those have appeared this year, so clearly under the influence of the bots. Well spotted!


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Post #9 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:41 pm 
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John Fairbairn wrote:
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The really interesting move though is black 2 below, which never appeared in any pro game in my database! I already saw this in so many LZ analysis sessions, that I realize it is a fundamental new way for LZ to deal with this sort of situation, and it seems to be firmly convinced that it is a good move, on par with the most common human way to reply to 1, which is to play hane at "a".


I have 17 examples (Honinbo Shugen was the first), but 10 of those have appeared this year, so clearly under the influence of the bots. Well spotted!


I see, if I reduce the search area to 9x9 (excluding the middle side handicap points, so ignoring white's extension on the lower side in my example), I got 5 matches. It looks like I don't have Honinbo Shugen's game in my collection.

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Post #10 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 2:26 pm 
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Here are 2 examples of this bot joseki from my LZ adventures on Fox, the immediate angle play followup is a good shape to learn.

viewtopic.php?p=239162#p239162

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Post #11 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:31 pm 
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Uberdude wrote:
Here are 2 examples of this bot joseki from my LZ adventures on Fox, the immediate angle play followup is a good shape to learn.

viewtopic.php?p=239162#p239162


Oh, so it plays the attachment on the 4th line out of the blue, just based on the thickness in the opposite corner. I guess it tries to develop the whole side, without any mid-side stone present, if I were to guess a purpose for this move...

The immediate angle play is very interesting too, I saw that as a continuation even in the position I was analyzing. That seems part of LZ's joseki already.

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Post #12 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:56 am 
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sorin wrote:
Oh, so it plays the attachment on the 4th line out of the blue, just based on the thickness in the opposite corner. I guess it tries to develop the whole side, without any mid-side stone present, if I were to guess a purpose for this move...


Yes, it's a move with wide applicability that's back in my "normal moves" vocabulary. The old lesson of "don't play the attach, 1-2 is a bad exchange" always felt a bit of an oversimplification to me as 4-5 also feels sad losing 3-3 options, and the way bots like the kosumi at a over 4 seems to emphasise this point. Actually I remember Guo Juan pre-AI saying something like "don't play that attach until you are 5d, as before then you can't identify the situations it's good so better not to play it". I quite like the attach and crosscut overconcentration technique though, I did it twice in one of my British championship games for the lols.
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . ,
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . 2 . . . . . .
$$ | . . X 1 3 . . . . .
$$ | . a 4 . . . . . . .
$$ | . . 5 O . O . . . ,
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ +--------------------[/go]


Also I wonder if there's any bias with bots of white playing it more than black, as a move which settles the shape and simplifies the game it might make komi relatively more valuable.

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