Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> maybe, but my teacher says that if a move has only *one* (rational)
> answer (i.e. save the group in atari), then you should make that move
> last. ...
Yes, that makes sense. I have learned (where, I can not say), that you
should postpone the obvious answer. If your opponent makes a peep that gains
him 5 points, and threates to cut and damage you for 27 points,...
... And if you look at it psychologically, there is even less reason. If
your opponent has played in this corner, that is the are he has most clear
in his mind, If you answer there, you are playing on something he has just
spent time speculating on, and you allow him to "change the subject"....
yes, this is true with humans, but iirc, the reason for making the move
with the obvious answer last, was to explicitly give the opponent a more
unsettled area in which to respond to the move that you make instead (this
is in a small area like 4 by 4).