Thunkd wrote:
skydyr wrote:
Thunkd wrote:
The first example that jumps to mind is the endgame play where both sides have a wall descending to the second line and either can hane threatening to breaking into the other's territory. One side hane's, the other blocks, then both connect. Whoever plays there first gets to make the sente move.
You don't often see similar situations where one player has a stone placed to make it gote for the encroaching player, but the other does not, leaving it sente?
I do see that. But usually it's not worth playing until the endgame as it doesn't get you much and it's a good ko threat.
Right. So for you, you can play it any time for free, but for your opponent, they have to give up sente to play it.
That means that it's yours already, though your opponent can take it away for a price, so you can count it as yours unless your opponent is willing to pay the price because enough time has passed to make it worthwhile. Of course, by that point, you should have played it anyways generally. But when you take it, you aren't making a gain, because you could have played that move at any time. You're only making a gain against your opponent when you take away their sente moves, which are their points by the same logic.
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