[computer-go] Opponent's suicidal moves can't be good

Christoph Birk birk at ociw.edu
Wed Aug 30 14:14:47 PDT 2006


>> If I'm reading this correctly, it's not true. This would preclude filling 
>> false eyes, which is sometimes necessary. For example:
>> 
>> w.wwB
>> .wwB.
>> wwwwB
>> BBBB. <-- black should play here, even though white cannot
>> .B.BB
>
> My proposition works in this situation: Black can defer filling
> this false eye until W is allowed to play at the indicated spot,
> that is, after W has captured the two top B stones.
>
> If there is a counterexample, I guess it must involve a ko.

No, just remove 1 white stone in the example above:

  w.wwB
  .w.B. <-- white stone remove from example above
  wwwwB
  BBBB. <-- black should play here, even though white cannot
  .B.BB

Now it makes sense for B to play at the false eye to avoid
the capture of the 2 stones at the top when white plays
the "removed stone".

Christoph


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