Life In 19x19

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:28 pm**

White played last. My GF and I think that the game is over at this point. Did black or white win?
Thanks for helping us settle the disagreement and learn how to play.

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:54 pm**

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White played last. My GF and I think that the game is over at this point. Did black or white win?

The game is not quite finished. But White won anyway -- by over 20 points ( if komi was 0.5 ), depending on whose turn it was next. See the following posts.

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:13 pm**

( Hmm... the renderer cannot handle 14x14... :-?

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It's a good habit to completely fill in all the dame, or neutral points.
As you can see in the following SGF ( and in the diagrams next post ),
you still have about 20 moves left --

Posted: **Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:20 pm**

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ $$ ------------------------------- $$ | O . O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X O O . . O O X X . O . . . | $$ | X O . . . O O . X X O . . . | $$ | X O O . . O X O X . O . . . | $$ | X X O . O X X . X X O O O O | $$ | . X O O O O X X X . X . . . | $$ | X X . . . . O O X X X X X X | $$ | . X X X X X O . O O O X . X | $$ | . . . X . . X X O . O O X X | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . O O O | $$ | . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------[/go]

If it's W's turn, then this happens:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ ------------------------------- $$ | O 1 O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | 2 X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X O O . . O O X X . O . . . | $$ | X O . . . O O 3 X X O . . . | $$ | X O O . . O X O X . O . . . | $$ | X X O . O X X . X X O O O O | $$ | . X O O O O X X X . X . . . | $$ | X X . . . . O O X X X X X X | $$ | . X X X X X O . O O O X . X | $$ | . . . X . . X X O . O O X X | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . O O O | $$ | . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------[/go]

After

, W has to decide if W needs to fix the cut; suppose W fixes it:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$W $$ ------------------------------- $$ | O 1 O . . . O X ? O . . . . | $$ | X X O . . . O X ? O . . . . | $$ | 2 X O . . . O X ? O . 5 . . | $$ | X O O . . O O X X 4 O . . . | $$ | X O . . . O O 3 X X O . . . | $$ | X O O . . O X O X ? O . . . | $$ | X X O . O X X ? X X O O O O | $$ | . X O O O O X X X . X ? ? ? | $$ | X X ? ? ? 6 O O X X X X X X | $$ | . X X X X X O 7 O O O X . X | $$ | . . . X . . X X O . O O X X | $$ | . . . . . . X ? O . . O O O | $$ | . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------[/go]

If it's B's turn, then this happens:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ ------------------------------- $$ | O 1 O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . O X . O . . . . | $$ | X O O . . O O X X . O . . . | $$ | X O . . . O O 2 X X O . . . | $$ | X O O . . O X O X . O . . . | $$ | X X O . O X X . X X O O O O | $$ | . X O O O O X X X . X . . . | $$ | X X . . . . O O X X X X X X | $$ | . X X X X X O . O O O X . X | $$ | . . . X . . X X O . O O X X | $$ | . . . . . . X . O . . O O O | $$ | . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------[/go]

Continuing:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ ------------------------------- $$ | . X O . . . O X ? O . . . . | $$ | X X O . . . O X ? O . . . . | $$ | . X O . . . O X ? O . 4 . . | $$ | X O O . . O O X X 3 O . . . | $$ | X O . . . O O O X X O . . . | $$ | X O O . . O X O X ? O . . . | $$ | X X O . O X X ? X X O O O O | $$ | . X O O O O X X X . X ? ? ? | $$ | X X ? ? ? 5 O O X X X X X X | $$ | . X X X X X O 6 O O O X . X | $$ | . . . X . . X X O . O O X X | $$ | . . . . . . X ? O . . O O O | $$ | . . . . . . X O O . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . X O . . . . . . | $$ -------------------------------[/go]

Let us know if you still have questions.

Posted: **Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:04 pm**

EdLee,
That was a very helpful post. Thank you!
Eric

ps- I thought I was using a 13x13! Next time count intersections rather than squares!

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:57 pm**

Hi Eric,

You're welcome.

erixsparhawk wrote:Next time count intersections rather than squares!

Good habit to have anyway, as Liberties are your Life!

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