Fool's Seki
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: EndGame, Humour
The fool's seki is what you end up with when you have been silly enough to ignore one of your opponents sente moves and play a smaller point elsewhere.
Had been at
,
,
, a, or b, Black would have had 5 points in the top-right, and won the game by 2 after
, Black c. As it is, he loses by 2 points - he is one ahead on the board, but with 3 komi, White wins.
This is from game # 48578 on DGS: http://www.dragongoserver.net/game.php?gid=48578