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Wasting time in a won game
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exswoo Imagine a situation when you're nearing the end of yose and after counting your totals, you find that you're losing by about 4-5 points...

As you resign to your fate, you are taken back by your opponent when he begins a hopeless invasion that has no hope of surviving. You block, wondering if he's hellbent on winning by a landslide. After a few moves in however, the truth is clear: Your opponent has not counted the score and thinks that he will lose!

Please, count your score in close games so this type of situation doesn't occur :)


Jasonred Firstly, you'd better be darn sure that:

a) It's a hopeless invasion.

b) You ARE in fact, losing.

After all, your opponent, did have the skill to get to that point, maybe he knows something you don't...

Secondly, you know, you could always just resign... that would save time. Even better, resign without any explanations, and let the fool think the invasion was successful...


Thomas: Is it really a bad habit not to count score in close games? Well if you have more time on your clock than I usually do, and if you are sure that you can produce the correct count, (I am not) then you have to count, but being as bad as I am, I feel free to try for the best score regardless of the overall situation. Should I feel bad?



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