On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Aja Huang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > I'm talking about even boards, not odd boards. I know that odd boards cannot be mirrored indefinitely. > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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