>
> mr. yang uses the ideas of short and long
> extensions and high-low combinations in the
> beginning. (a short extension being 1 or spaces
> and a long being ideally 5 spaces). this tends to be eficient.
There is the classic Chinese rule of thumb on how far one can comfortably
extend along an e
At 06:17 AM 4/6/2007, you wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 13:48 +0100, Jacques Basaldúa wrote:
> Darren Cook wrote:
>
> > All except joseki-knowledge is board-size independent.
>
> Maybe human player's adapt to different board sizes without
> even noticing. But if you try to model strategy with alg
Darren Cook wrote:
The chief difference between a 9X9 game and a 19X19 is in the demands
the larger board makes on our _strategic_ reading ability.
Agreed.
And that is not merely another board-size-dependent skill, among many.
That is the most significant difference between a compet
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 13:48 +0100, Jacques Basaldúa wrote:
> Darren Cook wrote:
>
> > All except joseki-knowledge is board-size independent.
>
> Maybe human player's adapt to different board sizes without
> even noticing. But if you try to model strategy with algorithms
> it is totally board siz
Darren Cook wrote:
> All except joseki-knowledge is board-size independent.
Maybe human player's adapt to different board sizes without
even noticing. But if you try to model strategy with algorithms
it is totally board size dependent.
The extreme case is 5x5 where black 3,3 claims the four
cor
> Similarly, most kinds of endgame skill essentially vanish on a 4x4
> board:
Yes, my thesis crumbles on the tiny boards: I think 9x9 is the smallest
board size where 19x19 playing strength is very significant. (Endgame
skill is important at 9x9: I've found games where a mid-dan player has
lost to
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 07:52:34AM +0900, Darren Cook wrote:
> > The chief difference between a 9X9 game and a 19X19 is in the demands
> > the larger board makes on our _strategic_ reading ability.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > And that is not merely another board-size-dependent skill, among many.
> > That i
> The chief difference between a 9X9 game and a 19X19 is in the demands
> the larger board makes on our _strategic_ reading ability.
Agreed.
> And that is not merely another board-size-dependent skill, among many.
> That is the most significant difference between a competent player and a
> strong
The gap between a professional and, say, a 1-dan amateur is all to do
with tesuji knowledge, life/death knowledge, and (to a lesser extent)
tactical reading skill, accurate endgame counting and joseki knowledge.
All except joseki-knowledge is board-size independent.
There's also what you might c
