If White recaptures the Ko, then Black can play at White's 56, capture the
stone, and win by 2 points.

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 5:02 PM Shawn Ligocki <sligo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing the games, Rémi!
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM Rémi Coulom <remi.cou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In this game, Crazy Stone won using a typical Monte Carlo trick:
>> http://www.yss-aya.com/cgos/viewer.cgi?9x9/SGF/2020/05/07/997390.sgf
>> On move 27, it sacrificed a stone. According to Crazy Stone, the game
>> would have been a draw had Aya just re-captured it. But Aya took the bait
>> and captured the other stone. Crazy Stone's evaluation became instantly
>> winning after this, the sacrificed stone serving as a threat for the
>> winning ko fight, 18 moves later.
>>
>
> Wow, I did not imagine how that move would be useful later! But the very
> end is confusing to my human brain, couldn't White move 56 retake the ko
> and win it? It seems like Black only has one real ko threat left (J4
> maybe). But White also has one huge threat left (D3), so it seems like
> White should win this ko and then be about 4 ahead with komi. Am I
> missing something?
>
> -Shawn
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