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Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:53 pm
by lightvector
Link doesn't work for me ("The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later." and a scary-looking exception involving MySQL). Are you able to share the position or the SGF?
Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:06 pm
by Kirby
I can't access the link, either.
Any chance it's this game?
Total guess, just based on the comment description :-S
But my version of leelaz thinks white is ahead here.
Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:12 pm
by Uberdude
Yes, that's the one, Shin Jinseo winning in under 100 moves.
Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:03 pm
by Kirby
Complicated game. The first interesting choice is this one:
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I was curious about black just playing the marked intersection - it's what one might consider if they didn't want to resist. This is what I saw after I briefly checked with a bot:
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I guess white has more influence this way - though, I don't totally get it.
Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:12 am
by xela
Kirby wrote:You know, we don't have to call the first variation "Kirby's variation". I wouldn't be opposed to a different name for it

Better now?
Re: Interesting ladder position accidentally found by Uberdu
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:38 am
by Kirby
Heh, yeah. Kind of a joke, but thanks.