Ko fight
Keywords: Ko, Go term
A ko fight is a local situation which is decided or affected by a ko. The fight involves the ko itself and the ko threats.
The basic sequence of a ko fight is thus, with White starting:
- White takes the ko
- Black makes a ko threat
- White answers the threat
- Black takes back the ko
- White makes a threat
- Black answers the threat
- White takes back the ko
... and so on until finally
- Black or White ignores the threat to resolve the ko
- White or Black follows up on the threat, taking compensation for losing the ko.
Examples
- Ko fight example and Ko fight example 2 - in these contrived examples we attempt to explain the calculations behind the decision to resolve the ko or not.
- Ko fight example from a pro game - 1
- Ko fight example from a pro game - 2
- Ko fight example from a pro game - 3
- Ko fight example from a pro game - 4
- Ko fight example from a pro game - 5