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only one correct line of play - dubious? [#13372]

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Malcolm: only one correct line of play - dubious? (2022-12-19 10:26) [#12184]

This bit needs editing, IMO: "in composed problems, there must be only one correct line of play". I see several issues:

  • need to go into a discussion/definition of "correct line of play"
  • many problems have more than one line that needs to be analysed
  • there is no justification for this assertion
  • this assertion, about the validity of the tsumego as a tsumego, is in a section together with other assumptions that are about how to analyse/parse the problem. It shouldn't be grouped with them.

For me it should go in another separate section. It's an interesting topic that merits more analysis. I believe there is some truth to the assertion "a criteria for deciding if a position merits to be considered a good tsumego is that there should only be one correct first move". This is rather different to the current version. I'd be interested on other people's thoughts about this.

I may get round to making some changes to this page myself at some point. can't do it today however.

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hnishy: good question (2022-12-25 01:00) [#12185]

Good question I think. Different times and places have different sets of conventions. Generally accepted conditions for modern composed tsumego in Japan are:

  1. the first move of the solution is unique, except for meaningless forcing moves, and
  2. preferably, the best line of play for both sides is unique. "The best line" is a) the longest line to reach the best life and death status or b) the line of play including difficult to find moves. There is some room for interpretation.
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xela: ((no subject)) (2022-12-20 11:00) [#12186]

I've replaced "one correct line of play" with main line. I agree it's pretty ambiguous. In many "black to play" problems, there is no "correct" local reply by white, as in a real game, white would tenuki. But there's still the subjective notion of the "best" reply in terms of testing the solver's understanding of the position. I think this is what the main line page is trying to capture.

Feel free to edit the page some more if you can think of a better way to say it!

 
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