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 Post subject: Re: How to Become a Dan
Post #141 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 2:36 am 
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kvasir wrote:
The computer just never defends dragons, if you make eyes it is sure to be a point loss.

Recently I've been looking at some 1970s pro games and seeing the same thing! A few times I've looked at a tenuki and thought: surely black needs to make a second eye for that big dragon? And black having played away, why does white answer? So I ask KataGo -- what happens if white tries to kill the dragon? In most cases so far, the result seems to be that some white stones somewhere get cut off, and it turns into a giant one-eye-each seki. My conclusion: you only need the second eye once the other player is thick enough on the outside to actually kill. Defending before that time means that you've just given up sente unnecessarily. I think this is something that amateurs can learn from.

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