From: Ian Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

On Jul 20, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Andrés Domínguez wrote:

> 2007/7/20, Ian Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> My program disallows playing in eyes (string of empty surrounded  
>> by self)
>> unless a neighboring stone is in atari. That catches your special- 
>> case, but
>> is not good for saving tails (strings connected by false eyes,  
>> often found
>> along the edge of the board).
>
> Do you mean oiotoshi?
>
> Andrés

>  http://senseis.xmp.net/?Oiotoshi

Oitoshi appears to be a term for a situation where a group cannot be saved;
it is also called "connect-and-die"; the group in atari will, if it connects, 
deprive
still more stones of a liberty, putting the resultant larger group in atari. 







       
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