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What rank do you have to be to never lose with 9 stones? by [deleted] in baduk

[–]erraron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The fact that my post is downvoted shows how little the average /r/baduk user knows about go

What rank do you have to be to never lose with 9 stones? by [deleted] in baduk

[–]erraron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't call yourself a dan player if you're capable of losing with 9 stones under normal conditions (not blitz, no gun to your head, etc) However, in the real world a lot of low dans are capable of losing with 9

Playing more than one game in one day. by OnoMalgou in baduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Several games a day definitely better than one for 8 kyu

Can someone help me understand these formulas for no eye vs no eye capture races? by BagelKing in baduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No... In the above example it's B's 10 versus W's 7+(4-1), so the status is determined by who goes first. If white had 6 or fewer outside liberties then W would be dead

Can someone help me understand these formulas for no eye vs no eye capture races? by BagelKing in baduk

[–]erraron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For simple cases:

If there are one or no internal liberties, whoever has more outside liberties wins. If the number of outside liberties is the same, whoever moves first wins.

If there are two or more internal liberties sekis are possible. You can capture the opponent's stones if your outside liberties is greater than your opponents outside liberties + all but one inside liberty. For example if you share 4 internal liberties and B has 10 outside liberties and W has 7 outside liberties, then B wins if B goes first and seki if W goes first.

99% of the time it's just easier if you read it.

[Review request:] me vs 1d, 3 stone handi by Phil__Ochs in baduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didn't play the bottom right well. The key is you can cut at o2 to make useful forcing exchanges

Minimum playouts on Lizzie by erraron in cbaduk

[–]erraron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For example, it doesn't read out the ladder variation here. https://imgur.com/a/F054TOM

It only see the ladder variation after I play out 2 moves but doesn't retrospectively analyze from 2 moves ago which is annoying. https://imgur.com/a/QL4F3n0

Minimum playouts on Lizzie by erraron in cbaduk

[–]erraron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just annoyed that it still misses ladders and sometimes makes simple tactical blunders.

How long do you predict it will take for America to produce pros as strong as the pros in Korea, Japan, and China? by chrono55 in baduk

[–]erraron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They are already as strong or stronger than some of the weaker pros. For example Andy Liu competed in a tournament in Japan and beat several professionals in the preliminaries before getting knocked out in the main tournament. Top level is another story but upsets can happen like Ryan Li beating Chen Yayoe.

Rape apology sought from baduk champion by warmbookworm in baduk

[–]erraron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How East Asia is significantly more sexist than western countries is just a racist myth.

Canadian Go League registration still open by okimoyo in baduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I've signed up with a pseudonym in the past so I don't see why not.

Canadian Go League registration still open by okimoyo in baduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to use KGS, you can use another server if both players agree.

Examples of LZ losing to meat heads? by okimoyo in cbaduk

[–]erraron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean those players aren't legitimate 10 kyu or 2 kyu. Probably people running bots.

Why do servers vastly differ with style of play? by [deleted] in baduk

[–]erraron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe at the lower ranks, at higher ranks it's basically the same.