Common mistakes in yose

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: EndGame, Question

Moved from Endgame reckoner

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A better defence?

Question: W2 is the eye-protecting tesuji[1][2]. Gote for Black. White can follow up with the sente exchange a for b. I'm estimating this as 5 points in gote. Help?

Charles That's not the correct sequence: this is gote for White and gives away two extra points.

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Correction

This choice of W2 may be worse shape (empty triangle) abstractly speaking: but this is correct endgame play under normal conditions.


[1]

See for example protecting the cut - example 1, protecting the cut - example 2.

[2]

Maybe here the eye-protecting zokusuji. ;-)


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