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Stupid Moves
PageType: Path
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Tactics
Have fun with some blunders here. Number 1.
2 was definitely a mistake here. White had some possibilities for ko too, but some persistence... -- Holigor
The problem here seems to be that white wants it all. In stead of trying to defend two stones, which are not directly relevant for the semeai, she should just start reducing blacks liberties straight away. Black will capture the stones but arrive too late to save the corner.
If black wants to kill white, he can try this. If white misreads the position and plays 2, she will die. (White can resist with 6 at 3, but black 'a', white 'b' at 1 and black 'c' wins the semeai.) But ofcourse, white should never respond to black 1 with 2, but play at 3 and make her group live. Black will then play 'a' to make two eyes for his own group in gote. Similarly, if black plays 1 at 3, white should respond at 1, and she will win the semeai.
-- MortenPahle (10k)
Assuming that B does not choose to live gently (i.e. thinks that he can win the ko) then he throws in at 1 and 3 before playing 5. W is now behind in the fight with no internal ko threats. -- DaveSigaty Number 2.
Strange thing but White 2 happened in one of my games recently. I was so glad. Correct move is to capture at 'a'. -- HolIgor Number 3.
This happens quite often with weaker players. Black decides to save marked stone and plays 1. White continues with 2 and 1 becomes a totally wasted move. Correct moves are at 'a' or 3 depending on the situation. Black has sente in this corner then. -- HolIgor Number 4.
White 2 is a mistake. After the correct answer at 'a' Black 1 is under atari. It is small but several small things like this and you've lost the game. -- HolIgor Number 5.
Number 6.
Definitely I'm not black! I just decided to test black...
...and when I played 7, he said "Wow!". Black 2 and 4 are wrong moves, I guess you can figure out yourself. :) This is a copy of the living page "Stupid Moves" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |