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5x5 Board
Keywords: Equipment
Capture Go is commonly taught initially on this size board. Even this tiny board can be amazingly instructive.
The book
Erik van der Werf's MIGOS program has Bill: All I saw was the first move. :-( AshleyF: Hummm... yes, they're animated GIFs. I'll post below for reference.
Bill: Thanks, Ashley. :-)
Taken from Erik van der Werf's page (with his permission) claiming that Optimal Play For Opening At 2-2
Optimal Play For Opening At 3-2
Cho Chikun's Mistake (at 6)
The program solves for other openings as well but not nearly as interesting. Center opening results in Black taking the entire board. First play on the edge results in White taking the entire board.
Is the analysis given on that webpage complete? There could be a poorly-placed handicap. AshleyF I don't know if this has been analyzed. Not everything has. Erik states, "We further solved all other opening moves on the empty board." I don't think that they've gone as far as handicap openings or other random positions. Even on this tiny board there are several hundred-billion unique legal positions! This is a copy of the living page "5x5 Board" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |