Hot

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Go term

The local temperature of a position indicates the value of playing there, relative to continuations either player has in that part of the board. It is a number calculable by endgame counting techniques, when those apply; and is then the same as its miai value. A local position can be called hot when its local temperature is high compared to the other positions on the board. A go position will be hot to the extent that one player or other makes a gain by playing there. To put it another way, a position is hot if plays there are big.


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