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Author:  Gomoto [ Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:44 am ]
Post subject:  To cut or not to cut?

White to play. To cut or not to cut?

I could not make an informed decision :-)

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . O . . . . . . O . . . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . O |
$$ | . . O X O . . O . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . O . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . O . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . X O . . a X . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O O . . . X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . O . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . X . . X X O O O . . . . . b X O X . |
$$ | X . . . X O X . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | O X X X . . . . X X O . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O O O O X X X X . O . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Author:  rlaalswo [ Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: To cut or not to cut?

I'm the kind of player who'd be too scared to cut in an actual game. These days you can always ask to an AI which is always available for you with above any human strength. Leela thinks white must cut to win, and below is a continuation.
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[go]$$W
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . O . . . . . . O . . . O . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . , . . . . . O . . O |
$$ | . . O X O . . O . . . . . . . . O O X |
$$ | . . . . X . . . . . . . . . O . . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . X . . O . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O O . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . O . X O . . 1 X . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . 3 X O O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O O . . 4 X . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X O . O . . X . . . O O . |
$$ | . X . . X X O O O . . . . 5 2 X O X . |
$$ | X . . . X O X . . . O . . . . O X X . |
$$ | O X X X . . . . X X O . . . . O X . . |
$$ | O O O O X X X X . O . . . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . O O O O . . . . . . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Author:  Gomoto [ Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: To cut or not to cut?

I chickened out too, but I think it is a nice reading exercise. The difference is about 9 points according to KataGo.

Author:  Joaz Banbeck [ Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: To cut or not to cut?

Always cut.

And I am saying that without having looked at the diagram.

Author:  EricBackus [ Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: To cut or not to cut?

Joaz Banbeck wrote:
Always cut.

And I am saying that without having looked at the diagram.

I learned a "proverb" about this: "Cut first, think later"

Author:  xela [ Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: To cut or not to cut?

Funny coincidence. On the same day I see a thread here about cutting, and I run into this on neural net go problems:

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[go]$$Wc19 White to play: are you scared of the cuts at ''a'' or ''b''?
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . a O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . b O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X . X O . X . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]


Solution and discussion:
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[go]$$Wc19
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . b a O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X X . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X X . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . O X . X O . X . . . . . . . O X . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

:w1: is the correct answer. Next, the black cut at ''a'' is a terrible move according to LZ-242! White just replies at ''b''. The R15 stones are not cutting stones; sacrificing them to get sente is a good trade for white.

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