Clamp Connection Comparison
DieterVerhofstadt suggests a new response to the clamp. Here we compare it with the usual solid connection in a difference game.
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Black has one more point of territory and one more captured stone: Black wins.
What happens when White plays first?
Since whoever plays first wins, the difference game shows that sometimes the solid connection will be better and sometimes Dieter's defense. :-)
-- BillSpight
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Truc: In CGT terms the canonical form of these two positions is zero and star, from left to right, respectively. This tells us a lot about the correct defense when there are other infinitesimals on the board.
Bill: Are you referring to the chilled position at temperature 1, when the left side will presumably have been played out? Otherwise the left side chills to something like
2 || 0 | -Big
Truc: Erm, yes, I assumed the sente would get played out and the positions would get chilled to zero and star (left to right). I was trying to say that if the rest of the board adds up to * we should play Dieter's defense, and if the rest of the board is zero then we should play the usual connection.
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