[computer-go] Re: Explanation to MoGo paper wanted.

[Peter Drake]

I think Steve meant that the move /should have been used as/ a ko  
threat.

Peter Drake
http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/



On Jul 6, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Don Dailey wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 16:52 -0700, steve uurtamo wrote:
>>> The attack is easily
>>> refuted with a capture, and when that happens no time was lost.    
>>> But
>>> the opponent must capture immediately or the threat Lazarus made
>>> actually works.
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>> this, in fact, is a ko threat.  if you play it *outside* of a ko,  
>> then it's a
>> wasted ko threat.  no big loss if there are no kos expected and no
>> lost kos have happened.  otherwise it's more tricky.
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> How is this a ko threat?   Lazarus threatens a chain of 4 or 5 stones
> with a self-atari move.   If the opponent captures, where is the ko?
> If the opponent doesn't capture, where is the ko?
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> - Don
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