Another month, another seki:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A - - - X - O O X -
B - - O O O O X X -
C O O - O X X O O -
D O X O X X - X O X
E - X X X X X X X X
F X - X - - O X O O
G - X - X X O O O -
H - - - X O - - O -
J - - - X O O O - -
O to play.
Pebbles rated this position as a 93% win, with
Brian,
reading this ascii can be difficult, so I might be missing something,
but why would white play F5 after E1 in your primary variation, instead
of playing atari at B2 to prevent the seki? Would this lose on points?
(Couldn't quite tell without knowing the prisoner count)
I don't see
but why would white play F5 after E1 in your primary variation, instead
of playing atari at B2 to prevent the seki? Would this lose on points?
Yes, lose on points. After O fills C3, O has 36 points secure, so O needs
one more point to win. There are two dame: at F5 and E1. So when X takes
E1,
