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Farmer's Hat
Path: KillingShapes · Prev: SquareFour · Next: BulkyFive
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Shape, Go term
The farmer's hat is a bad shape, for the same reason that the empty triangle is bad. You can think of this shape as two empty triangles. The liberty at a (and similarly for b) is inefficient (see The Empty Triangle is Bad page for more detail). If White plays at a or b, it actually would improve Black's shape. If both points are filled then the shape is really good.
In situations like this, the farmer's hat is really ridiculous. The marked stone has to be at a.
Black's bad shape allows White to play Phlegmatic: One good use for the Farmer's Hat (continuing the Killing Shape discussion):
By playing at the marked point, White will be killed when Black plays at
I've heard this also called the Soldier's Helmet. -- BlueWyvern I've also seen Napoleon's Hat -- Nico It is often mentioned as the "pyramid" too -- ddom Yes, in Holland we use the term "pyramid". Perhaps we might divide this page into FilledFarmersHat?, EmptyFarmersHat? and FarmersHatAsAKillingShape?? -- Dieter Deebster: Is there enough content to justify that? It's a pretty short page as is... Path: KillingShapes · Prev: SquareFour · Next: BulkyFive This is a copy of the living page "Farmer's Hat" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |