virtual ko threat

    Keywords: Ko

A miai pair of gote plays which act like a tertiary ko threat, in Bill Spight's ko terminology. Although not a ko threat, like a tertiary threat the miai pair hinders the komaster from making an additional gain on top of winning the ko by reducing the size of the alternative plays that the koloser gets in exchange for the ko. It may help keep the komaster from becoming a komonster.

tderz: What is actually meant here?
It may help to keep the komaster from becoming a komonster. It may help keeping the komaster from becoming a komonster. It may help preventing the komaster from becoming a komonster. Bill, how about an example? (with diagrams)

Bill: I actually wrote several chapters for a book back in the '80s. Let me dig up the manuscript for some examples of various kinds of ko threats.

See ko threat functions.

Also see /Discussion.


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