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- From: cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
- Subject: Re: Go rules for Beginners
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.102714.14432@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- References: <1k3u2dINNksv@morrow.stanford.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 10:27:14 GMT
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- In article <1k3u2dINNksv@morrow.stanford.edu> gennari@mcs-next-3 (John H. Gennari) writes:
- > What a good idea! This type of play would probably even help my
- >playing ability. I have a bad habit of trying to kill big groups and
- >then losing when I fail..... and I definitely need work in approximating
- >the score during the middle game.
-
- Well, as "Attack and Defense" put it, trying to kill and failing has the
- same effect as trying to capture with an unfavourable schizo (ladder).
- In general, you should never try to kill a group unless
-
- 1. you're 100% sure of success (that's 100, not 99)
- 2. it's your _only_ chance to win.
-
- (BTW, if it's your only chance to win, but you're sure of failure, just
- resign. Continuing is somewhat impolite.)
-
- Tero Sand, 2 kyu
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