They will abandon a fight to take bigger sente. It's super scary to watch. s.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 8:06 PM Robert Jasiek <jas...@snafu.de wrote: > On 29.01.2019 18:53, uurtamo wrote: > > it's [...] about an insane need to keep sente. my only > > takeaway other than reading out fights way way way in advance. > > I can confirm the necessity for keeping sente with respect for the > endgame but would not be surprised it to also apply during opening and > middle game. One of the greatest weaknesses of my pupils in the kyus is > not to play all their sentes (other than privileges preserved for ko > threats or liberties) before gotes. From my study, research of and book > writing on the endgame during the previous 2.5 years, I have realised > the importance of distinguishing gote from sente even if their > difference is only a fraction of a point (but it can be up to ca. 5 > points per local decision) and of exceptionally playing gote instead of > sente or vice versa depending on the global context. Every small mistake > in evaluation about playing too long locally etc. amounts to a large > total amount when all mistakes accumulate. Programs would notice such > implicitly due to their smaller winning chances when making too many > such mistakes. > > Reading out fights in advance very deeply I have only noticed a few > times during programs' play but, of course, you are right. I simply have > not studied their deep reading carefully enough to witness more incidents. > > -- > robert jasiek > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
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