Jaco Swanepoel (8k) and I (5k) had an interesting 3-handicap game last Thursday, in which I was given quite a beating. However, we did take a picture of the board position in the middle of the game, simply due to the large number of complicated, unresolved positions on the board, particularly interesting corner positions. If I remember correctly, it’s White’s move next:
My understanding is that the bottom left is a 2-stage ko for the life of Black’s group, the bottom right might be a thousand-year ko, or a seki, depending on Black, and if Black plays first, he can get a seki in the top left, or with poor defence by White, we may get a bent four in the corner. As a result of the odd position in the bottom left, one of the issues for me was whether under non-Japanese rules, the bent-four in the upper left corner would practically really be dead.
Any comments on my analysis?
Posted by Steve in Game records
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