You're right, Aja's example is working and the capture is for two stones. At least I got the principle right :-) /Vlad
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Rémi Coulom <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/07/2013 03:02 PM, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote: > > Hi! > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Don Dailey <[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? >>> >>> I'm talking about even boards, not odd boards. I know that odd >>> boards cannot be mirrored indefinitely. >>> >> > It's easy to come up with a way to force breaking the symmetry: play the > center as a cross-cut and black then gives atari: if white gives atari too, > black captures and white cannot do likewise because of the missing captured > stone. So white is forced to protect the atari and symmetry is broken. > Black can then get a better position in the center in sente. > > regards, > Vlad > > > But you can't get a cross-cut in the center with mirror go. > > Rémi > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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