2013/1/7 Don Dailey <[email protected]> > I have a question concerning a related question, mirror go. On an even > board the second player can presumably just mirror the opponent and never > lose but I am not sure I buy that. I am a very weak player myself but is > it true that cannot force your opponent into a bad move if he mirrors you? > And if mirror go is a valid way to stay even couldn't a pro just > sacrifice something in the center to break the symmetry?
No, that's not true. See http://senseis.xmp.net/?CounteringMirrorGo To break the symmetry, pros usually create two "collided" ladders. Aja > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Aja Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> See http://senseis.xmp.net/?EvenSizedBoards >> >> Aja >> >> On 7 Jan 2013, at 08:08, Ingo Althöfer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Go is traditionally played on boards of odd sizes (9x9, 13x13, 19x19, >> ...) >> > and almost never on even ones (10x10 or 18x18 ...). What are the reasons >> > for this? >> > >> > Ingo (has observed something and wants to put it in context). >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >
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