[Computer-go] Game 2 goes to Zen: 1-1

[steve uurtamo]

in the post-game analysis that i watched, the more relevant factor
seemed to be decisions made earlier in the game. but you should ask
john what he thinks, it was his game, after all!

s.

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:40 AM, steve uurtamo <uurtamo at gmail.com> wrote:
> the group simply did not have two eyes. the subtle part of the
> equation was trying to figure out how to save it. very few people had
> good suggestions about that. and lots of relatively strong players
> were watching.
>
> s.
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Michael Williams
> <michaelwilliams75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'll admit, I'm not a dan player. I don't even play enough to know my rank.
>>
>> Probably I'm missing something about the position.  But it seems that the
>> group simply doesn't have two eyes and allows Zen to remove the last way of
>> getting two eyes.
>>
>> Although Zen also did not see it as being as critical as it was because it
>> tenuki-ed to the top for one move before sealing the lower group's fate.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:10 AM, steve uurtamo <uurtamo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> to be fair, that was a very subtle situation. only two of the hundreds
>>> of kibitzers expressed anything like a correct solution.
>>>
>>> s.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Francois van Niekerk
>>> <flash.slash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > If he could avoid every big blunder, then he'd probably be a rank or
>>> > two stronger.
>>> > --
>>> > Francois van Niekerk
>>> > Email: flash.slash at gmail.com | Twitter: @francoisvn
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 17:05, Michael Williams
>>> > <michaelwilliams75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> This was a major blunder, IMO.  I think John will win every game in
>>> >> which he
>>> >> avoids big ones like this.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:04 AM, "Ingo Althöfer" <3-Hirn-Verlag at gmx.de>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> According to the experts the most decisive action was Zen's move
>>> >>> 122.f2 which increased the pressure on John's group in the
>>> >>> lower left, but was not addressed seriously enough by him.
>>> >>> Later this group went over Jordan.
>>> >>> At the end the score was +18.5 in favour of Zen.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
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