countingtls

countingtls, 10 months ago

From the last black move, I assume it has something to do with the whole center white group’s life and death. I haven’t read it out, but looks like it might eventually be a ko in the center (very big ko)

countingtls, 10 months ago

The thing is that if it becomes a ko, white doesn’t actually have to save both sides, but can leverage that and make an exchange for the whole upper right black group. I haven’t counted, but feels like roughly an even trade. And we are back to count the ko threats if black didn’t want to sacrifice the upper right and continue the ko. (or if it is not an even trade? and we are up to yose)

countingtls, 10 months ago

That much I gather, dig and clamp (K8 H8) what is the main line from the AI (bK8 wK7 bH8 wG8 bG10, it leads to a ko right?) AI doesn’t always find ko variations easily and often not that good when the winrate is far from even (although the point difference might still within human, especially amateurs range, like ± 10 points going into yose)

countingtls, 10 months ago

For such a large dragon and such a big loss giving up any side, I feel a human would almost certainly opt to take the ko. And for black to invest so many moves setting up a kill, I also feel black can not afford to back off either.

The question is how would the ko progress? I seriously have no idea. There are quite a bit of local threats as well as the whole right side for white, and quite a bit of local threats for black and some on the lower left. It’s really up in the air and hard to judge (and their value also quite hard to judge). White can not afford to lose this ko though, but it can possibly switch to other ko as well.

countingtls, 10 months ago

Can you show the variations for this poking?

countingtls, 11 months ago

When teaching fundamental classes, we would use 9x9 for those who just got introduced, easier to show life and death and simple local situations (even ladder doesn't need to run far). And most simple tsumego can fit on 9x9 easy.

But we would switch to 13x13 by the time of beginner's class (30k) where more concepts can be easier introduced and understand it is not just about fighting but positions, and then 15x15 to more "advanced" starter classes (starting kyu 初級, about tdk 21kyu to 25kyu) for practice which whole board situations would start to make sense. And finally switch to 19x19 when they are about ddk (16k to 20k).

Mind you thought this is for kids' Go class, not for adults. There is something can be said about teaching adults starting from a larger board, like 13x13. Or just starting from one corner (one quarter) of the 19x19 board, without switching to different boards. And they would get a more intuitive concept of local and whole board positions (like they are playing four 9x9 games on a 19x19, just open toward the center, and you don't have to win them all to win a game, losing a battle can still win you a war)

countingtls, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Yes, 圖 is a very general word, not just for weiqi. It means anything that can be shown as "image-like", anything that you can draw. For game record/kifu we usually use the word 譜 or more specifically 棋譜 (in fact this is how the word kifu came from ki = 棋, fu = 譜). But you can also use a more general word to describe a kifu showing as an image (i.e. 圖). And in ancient time, this word would generally mean a game position.

You can also use more descriptive adj words to narrow it down, like 變化圖 (which would means variations image/diagram), what's important is the adj words before it, not the word 圖 itself that describes the meaning. (like 布局圖 opening diagram -> fuseki). But adj in general can be "omitted", hence we can write 圖 1 (diagram 1) 圖 2 (diagram 2) instead of using the whole word 變化圖1, 變化圖2 (if we already know the context is about variations).

If you want to translate it accurately, you need the context within (or even before and after) a paragraph in order to get its precise meaning.