Anyway I got some questions from the game below while I was reviewing the game.
1. Is w 156, letting b cut with 157, better than playing at J14 or G14?
2. Is b 171 better than playing at H6 capturing 2 w stones?
Some questions in a pro game
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Some questions in a pro game
I'm not quite sure if "Game Analysis" here is a proper place to have a question like this...
Anyway I got some questions from the game below while I was reviewing the game.
1. Is w 156, letting b cut with 157, better than playing at J14 or G14?
2. Is b 171 better than playing at H6 capturing 2 w stones?
Anyway I got some questions from the game below while I was reviewing the game.
1. Is w 156, letting b cut with 157, better than playing at J14 or G14?
2. Is b 171 better than playing at H6 capturing 2 w stones?
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Re: Some questions in a pro game
156 at B16 is actually bigger than at G14, since all of the area around K14/J13 is probably dame trash anyway.
One of the things that makes B16 bigger is then W can play A18. If he does, then B has only one eye in the corner and must kill the white stones at G17/G18 - or at least be ahead in the liberties race to do so. That is about 4 stones that B must play in his own territory to defend against 2, a net profit for white.
So to avoid that situation, B plays A18 himself - in gote.
One of the things that makes B16 bigger is then W can play A18. If he does, then B has only one eye in the corner and must kill the white stones at G17/G18 - or at least be ahead in the liberties race to do so. That is about 4 stones that B must play in his own territory to defend against 2, a net profit for white.
So to avoid that situation, B plays A18 himself - in gote.
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