Chinese rules final ko

[claire_yang]

The technique called 粘劫收後 in my reply

Is an endgame ko worth more in Chinese rules than in Japanese rules?

This tactic has a name in Chinese Go terminology called - 粘劫收後, filling (by winning) the ko and get the last play/dame. It’s under the circumstance where one side can start the ko and has more (valid) ko threats and can fill the last dame. Keep the ko going but don’t actually use ko threats, instead playing “neutral points” as if they are ko threats. If the opponent play the ko, keep playing ko. If the opponent fills dame, you also fill dame (treating dame move like a ko). When you get the last…