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2008-08-11
Problem diagram.
Black's response to White's marked stone?
Source:
American Go Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1985, p. 19
"Ten Commandments of Go"
Solution follows
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Failure.
Black 1 violates Commandment 5: Discard the small, cling to the big.
Capturing the 2 White stones is by no means a small move, but
White's follow up at 2 is much bigger, because the stone abuts
againsts Black's incomplete lower left position.
Correct.
Black 1 is a big move in the opening.
When White jumps out to the center with 2,
Black must keep pressing with 3. Black is
threatening to create a large territory in
the lower left side, while White still has
a weak group in the bottom right.
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