Re: handicap for black
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:56 pm
gaius wrote:Shaddy wrote:If you are really stronger in even games, why not just play the game as if the handicap stones were not on the board? Short of a shortage of liberties, which is highly unlikely, they can't actually hurt you if you play like they're not there.
Interesting idea! I think it might make some stuff look a bit weird... But for example Shusaku-style fuseki is still possible:
While playing normally as black might be possible, it could be harder to convince white to act like the stones aren't there (=