Hmmm. I must admit that I donāt see a way to make two eyes in a conventional wayā¦
Why is reading so hard in this variant
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Looking at the board is hard in this variant.
Iām playing J8, I might see some possibility to get life, but Iām probably wrong about it. Iām expecting Martin to block us with H9, but then yebellz can make a red dumpling with F9, is what Iām thinking.
Sorry for the delay, I was occupied by the OGS team league over the weekend, among other things.
I am not sure what to play @Here_We_Go. On one hand we can prevent the white group from making two eyes by playing H9, but I am still worried about the G8 stones, and additionally I am not sure if weāll ever be able to fill in the J5 liberty
I am leaning towards playing D8, E8, G2 or H2. What are your thoughts on the position?
I like H2, but D8 and E8 are probably better moves as I guess itās pretty detrimental to our position if those stones are captured.
The big question now is, is (White | Red) H9 going to give us lifeā¦?
So, if we have white/red at H9, then does black/blue at G9, ruin that eye?
From the above position, I believe (if Iām understanding the rules correctly), that black/red could play at J9 to cause both J9 and H9 to be captured, right?
Yes, suicide being allowed may actually be relevant here
And Iād like to remind that we play with positional superko rule.
Thereās nothing I can do in that interaction, and after Martinās suicide, you could play H9 again, since I can make sure that the position will not be repeated. That would more or less occupy the two red players, but at least weāll survive.
If Martin skips a turn capturing, you get to play F9 and make sure that H9 cannot be captured anymore.
So I think itās alive.
Hypothetical variation
- White/Red at H9
- Black/Blue at G9
- White/Blue at E9
- Black/Red at E8
- White/Red at F9 (captures G9)
Maybe all of this doesnāt really make sense, or is unnecessary. I thought about it before @Vsotvep provided a reasoning for why it should live.
So, time to be proven wrong, I guess
I just realised something interesting. @Here_We_Go , given that suicide is allowed ā¦ do you want to try playing J5? Then on my move I will play J7.
Ah, I didnāt think it was a good move, only now you point it out I realise that White/Blue is unable to capture that group.
Yes, J5, final answer, for-realsies, no take-backs.
Okā¦ This seems pretty terrible for us. I see no way how I can help our position here until after the three stones are capturedā¦ I also see no moves where I can force a response from Martin elsewhere
So, I think Iāll just play C5 for now? @yebellz, do you see anything good?
Okay, that sounds okay. No, I donāt see anything good.