A question about scoring

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From a noobish amateur game:

can someone give me a hint why was J2 stone counted as dead? Is it a glitch? Thanks.


http://online-go.com/api/v1/games/984011/sgf

Thanks!

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http://online-go.com/review/35522

J2 should not be counted as dead. The computer attempts to automatically mark dead stones, but it makes mistakes, and the players should correct it (I think you click on it or maybe shift-click to toggle it back to being alive). Also black should force white to actually capture the lower left group. That reduces white’s score by 2 points. See the review I made above.

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Thank you for your reply. Didn’t know computer makes such simple mistakes - but it turned out I didn’t see that problem of forced capture myself! hehe.