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Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 12:14 am**

oca wrote:"Miai" is very special to me, as it was my first post on this forum.

Nice!

You can also think in terms of follow-ups:
if your move has only one good follow-up, that's nice (better than none);
if your move has two good follow-ups, that's better (already miai idea);
if it has three or more good follow-ups, congrats!!

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 12:26 am**

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Hi oca, after

, W has two good follow-ups: (a) and (b).
W can start to make a base with

(a), or
W can start to make a base with

(b) --
both are good follow-ups for W.
Whether B approaches

from the top or from the bottom,
W has a good reply.
We consider (a) and (b) miai for W.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 12:44 am**

oca wrote:Even if most of the time I'm only using it to it's most basic form (kosumi connection)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ . . . . . . . . . $$ . . . a X . . . . $$ . . . X b . . . . $$ . . . . . . . . .[/go]

Yes, follow-ups: (a) and (b).
If

(a), B has the follow-up

(b);
if

(b), B has the follow-up

(a).

Look for good follow-ups.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 5:28 am**

oca wrote:
Mike Novack wrote: I ofen play against igowin on iphone. I set the compteur to it's maximum level (3kyu) and with 19x19, I start to lose at 5 stones handicap...

I also like to play even game on 13x13, that fit well with the time I have in the train...
I lose most of the time, either I'm just to small (3 to 5 pts) or if I try to be more agressiv, I usually lose them all BUT I still won 3-4 games... so I know I can beat him

a) Well an iphone is a communication device, not much "crunch" power. But if it is powerful enough to give you trouble at five stones, you should be able to learn a lot from it << the PC version of this program would be about 1 dan KGS on a modest PC and about 3 dan on a top of the line workstation >>

b) Try to work your way down from five stones to three. I'd think that enough of a goal for the immediate future.

c) But remember, losing by 3-5 stones does not necessarily mean you are close to dropping a handicap stone. If the computer program considers itself safely ahead it will play safe to ensure victory even if that costs some of the margin.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2014 12:11 pm**

EdLee wrote:
oca wrote:"Miai" is very special to me, as it was my first post on this forum.
Nice! You can also think in terms of follow-ups:
if your move has only one good follow-up, that's nice (better than none);
if your move has two good follow-ups, that's better (already miai idea);
if it has three or more good follow-ups, congrats!!

I've heard a heuristic before that a candidate move to invade should have at least 3 good follow-ups.

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 12:38 am**

I just added a "summary zone" on the bottom of the first post.
http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewto ... 15#p163715

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2014 4:31 am**

Game #4 has just began...
http://online-go.com/game/605761

Posted: **Sun May 18, 2014 8:45 pm**

Just as a thought experiment for non-standard handicap placements, let's take an amateur 7d and an amateur 13k and give them this board.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$c 19 stone game $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . B . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . B . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

How do you think it would go down? (I am aware any handicaps after 9 tend to get out of hand.)

Posted: **Mon May 19, 2014 12:22 am**

Sometimes, (for instance http://online-go.com/game/605761 - move 120) I feel I need that one to win

...

Posted: **Tue May 20, 2014 7:43 am**

Try #4 - "The Big Square" just completed...

Illluck won by quite a lot

(and that may even be worst for me as he was kind enougth to let my bottom left group live at least twice...

)

226 moves (243 moves - 17 initials moves)
Corrected total to match 0.5 komi :
W(illluck)+39.5 (45.5 - 6)

Summary (on first post) updated with the full game.

I feelt like in the first game, very not easy for me to use the handicap stones...
The first move that I missed was black 27... I think the joseki is more to atari the other stone by playing R2 instead of P4...

Posted: **Tue May 20, 2014 9:09 am**

Just a quick approximative one...

First, my tool just don't fully work... so take it with A LOT of care...
Ponnuki, peep and cut are interesting through...

Posted: **Tue May 20, 2014 10:01 am**

oca wrote:[..]

[..]
Ponnuki, peep and cut are interesting through...

Agreed.

Greetings, Tom

Posted: **Wed May 21, 2014 4:10 am**

Bonobo wrote:
Seinsei’s Library wrote:Sometimes the term kogeima (or small knight's move) is used [..]
Greetings, Tom

I understand 'keima' as being a general term for all the knight's moves, so I suppose counting all keima's moves would be
Kogeima + Ogeima + Daidaigeima ... but I'm not sure...

Posted: **Wed May 21, 2014 7:43 am**

oca wrote:I understand 'keima' as being a general term for all the knight's moves, so I suppose counting all keima's moves would be
Kogeima + Ogeima + Daidaigeima ... but I'm not sure...

Mh… perhaps really check http://senseis.xmp.net/?keima, maybe reconsider? But I’m far from being an expert …

Greetings, Tom

Posted: **Wed May 21, 2014 7:58 am**

Bonobo wrote:
oca wrote:I understand 'keima' as being a general term for all the knight's moves, so I suppose counting all keima's moves would be
Kogeima + Ogeima + Daidaigeima ... but I'm not sure...
Mh… perhaps really check http://senseis.xmp.net/?keima, maybe reconsider? But I’m far from being an expert …

Greetings, Tom

oh... yes... well... hmmm..

I really don't know... actually

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