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Fool's Seki
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: EndGame, Humour

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Example of the Fool's Seki (Komi 3.0)

The fool's seki is what you end up with when you have been silly enough to ignore one of your opponents sente moves and play a smaller point elsewhere.

Had black 2 been at 3, 4, 5, a, or b, black would get 5 points in the top-right and win the game by 2 after white 2, black c. As it is, he loses by 2 points -- he is one ahead on the board, but with 3 komi, white wins.

This is from game # 48578 on DGS: [ext] http://www.dragongoserver.net/game.php?gid=48578



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