Big Eye

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    Keywords: Life & Death, Tactics, Go term

The term big eye can be used in two ways:

See Four is Five and Five is Eight and Six is Twelve and Nakade Liberties. Be aware that big eyes can be small in the corner.

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[1] Bill: I am unaware of that usage. That doesn't mean people don't use the term that way, though. :-)

Dieter: I don't use it that way either. But now that my earlier enthusiasm about Richard Hunter's theory has dissipated (still admiring it though !) I'm less inclined to enforce that usage. So, Bill, should we provide the two meanings, albeit the first one not very meaningful ?

Bill: Like Sebastian, I think that we should treat the meanings of terms like dictionaries do. I do have some bias towards "correct" usage, but that's taken care of via method. I like the approach of the Oxford English Dictionary, which bases its definitions on published written material. That provides enough of a bias towards correctness, I think. It may be too strict a criterion, however. OTOH, I don't think we want to include guesses about go terminology by people who are in the process of beginning to learn it.

As for using the term "big eye" for eyes with two or three points, if enough people do that, or it appears in print, let's make that a definition. Otherwise, not, IMO.


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