resolve the ko

    Keywords: Ko

Chinese:
Japanese: (コウを)解消 (kaishō)
Korean:

There are basically two ways to resolve a ko:

1. Connection

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ko

Black has played a ko-threat to which White decide not to respond :

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Connection

W1 connects and thereby resolves the ko, in short white connects the ko.



2. Capture

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ko

If the marked stone is present, White can resolve the ko in a different way.

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Capture

It is now more profitable to capture the marked black stone to end the ko.


kb: I vote for one more...

3. Extend

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Extend

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Extend

If one or more of white+circle are not important, White can play this way, especially if Black retaking the ko is not sente, and depending on other situations around the ko.

Tas: Doesn't that just mean that the ko was not important in the first place. White could just play w1 right away.


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