It's white's move in the first problem, though... (19 black stones, 18 white ones, unless there were captures that weren't shown, but I don't see where on the board they'd be). Same thing for the third one.
go problems don't necessarily have to be accurate board positions the point is to learn to spot shapes and patterns that can be applied to positions that will appear in a real game.
This bothered me as well. I feel like when I'm counting out the board I use Japanese scoring to do it more quickly. But if you use Chinese scoring to try to solve the first go problem your head will pop off. I know they are just go problems and so they are snapshots of issues and not real games. But when it's coming down to half a point it can get fuzzy.
in the last problem, can't black just ignore white's "sente" one point move and take another 6 point move? white can push in for a few points but can't disconnect black's stones on the right.
Hi! Here is an answer to your question, board notations im using are A to J (left to light), 1 to 9 (bottom to top) Assume black takes H4 for 6 points, then white G7. Black can tenuki and you are correct that black stones can connect to the right but the black stones will not have 2 eyes and will die. Simple sequence, H4,G7,A6,H7,J7,H8,H9,E9 After E9, G9 and J9 cannot form eyes no matter what. White is 100% alive so theres no chance for a capturing race either.
uhm...in the first Problem A4 Works aswell....if W A2, B A6 and then do your counting, B has 20 Points and no matter what, B has miai for 1 Point at E6 and G6
no it does NOT...a6 makes seki and it deminishes black by 10 Points...if W Plays at A2, as Nick recommended, black does NOT lose a Point and still wins the game....and concidering how many mistakes were in the tsumegos that came after this one, i guess he just didnt prepare this well enough..
Since on the 9x9 board I'm used to chinese count conventions, this problems are disturbing. Nick should have added the missing stones somewhere on the board. I'm looking forward for #300. Thanks Nick for sharing all this teaching material.
can the playlist for this channel be organized better? looking for joseki and forced sort through hundreds of videos
Check out my playlists, I'm building a couple
is it common to play 9x9 without komi?
or was it just for the purposes of the problems?
At 20:00 the angle play on the second line works as well and is worth more. Good problems though!
Great video thank you
It's white's move in the first problem, though... (19 black stones, 18 white ones, unless there were captures that weren't shown, but I don't see where on the board they'd be). Same thing for the third one.
go problems don't necessarily have to be accurate board positions the point is to learn to spot shapes and patterns that can be applied to positions that will appear in a real game.
This bothered me as well. I feel like when I'm counting out the board I use Japanese scoring to do it more quickly. But if you use Chinese scoring to try to solve the first go problem your head will pop off. I know they are just go problems and so they are snapshots of issues and not real games. But when it's coming down to half a point it can get fuzzy.
Is that Dsaun I hear asking about taking the cookies?
in the last problem, can't black just ignore white's "sente" one point move and take another 6 point move? white can push in for a few points but can't disconnect black's stones on the right.
Hi!
Here is an answer to your question, board notations im using are A to J (left to light), 1 to 9 (bottom to top)
Assume black takes H4 for 6 points, then white G7. Black can tenuki and you are correct that black stones can connect to the right but the black stones will not have 2 eyes and will die.
Simple sequence,
H4,G7,A6,H7,J7,H8,H9,E9
After E9, G9 and J9 cannot form eyes no matter what. White is 100% alive so theres no chance for a capturing race either.
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uhm...in the first Problem A4 Works aswell....if W A2, B A6 and then do your counting, B has 20 Points and no matter what, B has miai for 1 Point at E6 and G6
if a4 then a6
That diminishes black by a point.
no it does NOT...a6 makes seki and it deminishes black by 10 Points...if W Plays at A2, as Nick recommended, black does NOT lose a Point and still wins the game....and concidering how many mistakes were in the tsumegos that came after this one, i guess he just didnt prepare this well enough..
By Japanese rules, you have one less point than if you played A6 due to the fact that you have filled in a space unnecessarily.
BTW, why would white play a2? White plays a6. A2 is an unwanted sacrifice.
Since on the 9x9 board I'm used to chinese count conventions, this problems are disturbing. Nick should have added the missing stones somewhere on the board. I'm looking forward for #300. Thanks Nick for sharing all this teaching material.
is the thumbnail an illustration of Andrew Jackson? no wonder he grew the beard
I can count to 1. First!
What's the girl's name?