Usually the player with fewer total groups on the board tends to have an advantage. I just finished a game that was an interesting counterexample. I had five separate living groups at the end, while my opponent had one large connected group, but I still won by a fair margin.
1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
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Li Kao
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
He spent most of the game running without making points.
And why didn't you play 183 one point to the left?
And why didn't you play 183 one point to the left?
Sanity is for the weak.
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fwiffo
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
It was probably early in the morning or late at night (it's a DGS game). 
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
Something to take away from the top-left corner:
Given that, black has a way to avoid the fate above by playing differently in the below position:
Given that, black has a way to avoid the fate above by playing differently in the below position:
We don't know who we are; we don't know where we are.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
Each of us woke up one moment and here we were in the darkness.
We're nameless things with no memory; no knowledge of what went before,
No understanding of what is now, no knowledge of what will be.
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
To be honest, after watching first 15 moves, I was convinced that this is DDK (double digit kyu) game. You should both work on your fuseki =). About weak groups, neither of you really had any weak groups throughout the entire game, so group count didn't have any impact.
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Re: 1 group vs. 5 groups - 5 wins?
Fwiffo, I guess the take away from this is that next time you need to up the ante and win with having 5 weak groups; don't bring any of this weak stuff in here! 