I like these miai values (even if I'm still struggling with them), however, would they help White in any way ??
Bill: Gee, maybe I am missing something, but the best local play seems like the best global play to me. (OIC. It depends on what you mean by best play. I think you mean optimal play. I had orthodox play in mind. The normally best local play differs from the best global play at or below temperature 1. They are the same above that.)
Robert Pauli:
Hmm, I'm ahead of the solution
in DGoZ 6/03, but...
Bill: Here is what I mean:
After , White has
-
with sente, and Black has
-
with sente. This is 2 points better than the result above, starting with
. With rare exceptions, W should play
unless the remaining plays are very small.
( -
is sente because of possible later threats against Black's group. But even if it is a 2 2/3 point gote instead of a 3 point sente,
is still the normal local play.)
was my first thought, and then I wondered why this was a problem. ;-)