esoka
January 10, 2022, 12:14pm
184
From a recent game. Black missed the advantageous semeai, then white missed an oiotoshi, which ultimately resulted in this seki.
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Note, ongoing game.
White has constructed an impeccable three tier dumpling shape
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esoka
January 17, 2022, 9:51pm
187
The best response to black 1 is apparently this move according to the AI. Because then white can save the 2 stones after the cut at A without the cut at B becoming a major issue. Just thought it was a funny shape.
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Feijoa
March 20, 2022, 3:26pm
190
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Kata plays another B2 bomber:
(Move 89 in bottom variation: KataGo 7 komi self-play - sunjang baduk games )
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Remember how we avoided early 3-3 invasions until the AI tought us? I bet now we’ll all start to aim for B2 bombers!
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Here’s a previous post in which Kata played two B2 bombers (as the same colour) in one game!
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Kata B2 bomber at move 43!
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Only 32 moves later than the theoretical optimum. We are getting closer …
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From my ongoing game against
@xhu98 . Not sure what I should call it, but it looks… interesting.
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Reminds me of the “filter” icon:
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Lys
April 7, 2022, 3:43pm
199
It’s some sort of super-B2 bomber.
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The fearsome SR71 blackbird no?
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. It was operated by both the United States Air Force (USAF) and NASA.
The SR-71 was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft during the 1960s by Lockheed's Skunk Works division. American aerospace engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the aircraft's i...
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I think the SR-71 has a much longer nose, which would require extending by another stone or two to depict.
Maybe a Eurofighter Typhoon?
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, representing the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain, manages the project and is the prime customer.
The aircraft'...
Another possibility is the Avro Vulcan
The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro) designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced, the Vulcan was considered the most technically advanced, hence the riskiest option. Several reduced-scale aircraft, designated Avro 707s, were produc Th...
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Maybe some kind of bow and arrow, but with the arrow not sticking out behind the bow much
(not great in dark theme)
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