Nicks suggestion might work also, I'm not sure, but I had a lot more difficulties with it (against Steenvreter). With black 31 at e6 it all seems rather straightforward. I guess some programs may have difficulties seeing the corner is dead.
Erik On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:54 PM, David Fotland <[email protected]> wrote: > ManyFaces agrees with Nick that connecting on the right is better than 31 > (with about 48% win rate). It doesn’t like moving at 34, as Erik suggests. > After 34 (E6), it thinks white can win (55%) at H3, but this is too > optimistic. > > David > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Erik van der Werf >> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:24 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Congratulations to Zen! >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:01 PM, "Ingo Althöfer" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > "Aja" <[email protected]> >> >> ManyFaces (White) still wins even if it loses the semeai but captures >> >> the J4 group of 3 stones. And it's not possible for Black to save the >> >> J4 group and win the semeai at the same time. >> > >> > Yes, that is exactly what the experts in the forum found. >> > >> > The question: Do the other bots see this as well, >> > and how early in the game do they see this outcome? >> >> Sure, its easy for strong bots :-) >> >> There are several ways to win in this position; no need to win the >> semeai. Even the J4 block can be traded for something like 2 points >> elsewhere (e.g., g4 & a6). >> >> To win Black should have played 31 at 34. I think Nick's suggestion >> (between 32 and 35) is bad because the White group in the upper right >> corner is already dead. >> >> Erik >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
