Re: computer-go: suicide move

[Song Li <sli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This example is correct, but it is not necessarily to be a ko threat ...

Song

On Fri, 23 May 2003 a.crossman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On 22 May 2003 at 18:42, Chris Fant wrote:
>
> > Can someone please give an example of when a suicide is a good move (Chinese
> > rules, obviously).  Thanks.
>
> As a ko threat. Imagine the group below is totally surrounded by
> white (but still has outside liberties. I mean surrounded in the
> loose sense).
>
>  X X X X X
>  X O . O X
>
> If white plays the suicide move in the middle, black is forced to
> play there to secure two eyes. So it's an effective ko threat.
>
>
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> Allan Crossman
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