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Farmer's Hat
Path: KillingShapes · Prev: SquareFour · Next: BulkyFive
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Shape, Go term
The farmer's hat is a bad shape, for the same reason that the empty triangle is bad. Actually, you can think of this shape as two empty triangles. White playing a and b reduces the liberties for the group drastically, and a black stone at a or b is wasted as he'd be better off extending up or down.
Generally the idea is alright but your explanation misses the point. If White plays at a or b she actually would improve Black's shape. If both points are filled then the shape is really good.
It is actually in situations like this that the farmer's hat is really ridiculous. The marked stone has to be at a.
Black's bad shape allows White to play 1. Black cannot cut at a. Furthermore the circled point is a false eye. Phlegmatic: One good use for the Farmer's Hat (continuing the KillingShape discussion):
If White plays at the marked point, she will be killed when Black plays at 1, so White is dead.
Minor note, but I've heard this also called the Soldier's Helmet. --BlueWyvern I've also seen Napoleon's Hat --Nico It is often mentioned as the "pyramid" too --ddom Path: KillingShapes · Prev: SquareFour · Next: BulkyFive This is a copy of the living page "Farmer's Hat" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |