Lockett's Law

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[Diagram]

Black to play

How far should Black extend?


Bud Lockett was a 4 kyu in New Mexico who formulated Lockett's Law for extensions: "Always extend an even number of spaces. Then your opponent will not know where to invade."


[Diagram]

Lockett's Law applied

When Black extends to 1, should White invade at a, or b? Is a puzzlement!

[Diagram]

Lockett's Law ignored

But if Black extends to 1 in this diagram, White 2 is an obvious invasion point.


-- Bill Spight ;-)

-- cliftut; Funny thing is, there's some truth to this.

-- Warfreak2: On the contrary, one should always extend an odd number of spaces. Even extensions leave two obvious invasion points!


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