Life In 19x19 :: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 X O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

After this sequence, Blak has to take gote or allow the marked stone to be cut.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 O 2 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . a . O . X O . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

If Black is going to cover, then probably it's best to play :b25:

this way.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 4 2 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O 3 . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 1 . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . | $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Black takes sente. White stabilizes easily but so does Black. Maybe this is better after all.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:27 am ]
Post subject:	Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Black to play. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a O . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X b . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] Should Black play the block at a or the turn at b? According to Elf, one of them loses 12½% by comparison with the other. Enjoy!

Author:	Gomoto [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:44 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
I seem to never get this decision right in relation to the board. At least my choice looses this time only half a point according to Kata. Putting a white or black stone around K16 and asking the oracle again is also interesting.

Author:	Knotwilg [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:44 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Edited: now I'm in doubt. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O 2 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 X O . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] After this sequence, Blak has to take gote or allow the marked stone to be cut. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 O 2 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . a . O . X O . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] If Black is going to cover, then probably it's best to play this way. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Black to play $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 4 2 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X O 3 . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 1 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] Black takes sente. White stabilizes easily but so does Black. Maybe this is better after all.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:49 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Gomoto wrote: I seem to never get this decision right. At least my choice looses only half a point according to Kata. If you lose ½ pt. per move on average over 120 moves, that comes to 60 pts.

Author:	Uberdude [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Bill Spight wrote: Gomoto wrote: I seem to never get this decision right. At least my choice looses only half a point according to Kata. If you lose ½ pt. per move on average over 120 moves, that comes to 60 pts. Good enough to beat someone who loses 0.6 points on average by 12 points!

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Opening problems for AI: Problem 41 http://prod.lifein19x19.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17703	Page 1 of 1

Author:	ez4u [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:56 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Of course I was wrong in my assessment. However, I was interested because the large knight's move is an unusual response to the approach these days. The two-space extension at the bottom whispered Lee Changho's name, so this was a relatively recent example. I was interested in what difference the large knight's move made. I cycled through various alternatives for Black's reply to White's approach (four extensions and six pincers) and produced the table below. This table summarizes the results of using katago and analyzing four extensions: large and small knight's move and 1 and 2-space high, plus six pincers: 1, 2, and 3-space in both high and low alternatives. First we see whether or not katago calculates White should push once at R16 or hane immediately at Q18. In the game, for example, White played the immediate hane but this was 6.5% (35.1% vs 41.6%) and 0.8 points (-1.7 vs -0.9) worse than pushing at R16 by katago's calculation. Second we see the situation after an immediate Q18 (regardless of whether this would be White's best choice). We compare the merits of Black turning at R18 or blocking at P16. The better alternative is highlighted in all cases (bold and colors). I do not think there are any grand revelations here. The most interesting element for me was how the top becomes more valuable as the pincers get wider until the 3-space high switches from the turn to the block. Attachment: Table of Alternatives for AI 41.jpg [ 82.52 KiB \| Viewed 12528 times ] All the calculations were made with the 40-block but without a lot of depth - normally 6K-10K playouts. I ran this from the original game file in GoGoD (1998-02-05c.sgf), so the komi = 5.5 points.

Author:	Uberdude [ Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:45 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Nice analysis Dave, confirms my understanding that White should push r16 if black can't block with good shape, and black punishes White not pushing where White should have with the turn, with 3 space high pincer only exception. We can see how as the pincer gets looser p18 intercept becomes less bad and eventually good, presumably a matter of efficiency.

Author:	Bill Spight [ Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:21 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
The game was GoGoD 1998-02-05c, between Lee Changho (W) and Yu Ch'ang-hyeok. As Dave indicates, the 2d line hane for is a minor error, losing 7% to the 3d line crawl, according to Elf. The mainline variation for will give us something to compare against the game continuation and the mainline variation for . Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Wcm22 Mainline for $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 3 5 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 8 O 7 X O . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 1 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] could also be at 24. switches to the top left corner, but at 30 is also playable. captures . Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm31 Mainline for , continued $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . O X O O . . \| $$ \| . a 1 3 . X . . . . . . X O O X O . . \| $$ \| . . 2 O 4 . . . . , . . . . . X O . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . 7 . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] invades the top left corner. blocks on the left side, but, as usual, blocking at 33 is also playable. makes the shape play, preventing a Black bulge with sente. could also descend at a. Then makes a 3 space high extension. Next, encloses the bottom right corner. Game continuation Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Mistake $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 O 2 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 3 X O . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . 5 . X . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] The block on the top side was a mistake. - were also Elf's top choices. White has taken the corner and Black has made a solid shape. To me, seems a bit misplaced. Top choice: Block on the right side. Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$Bcm23 Mainline for $$ --------------------------------------- $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 4 2 . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . X O 3 . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . , . . . . . X 1 . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . \| $$ \| . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . \| $$ \| . . X O O X . O . . O . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ \| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \| $$ ---------------------------------------[/go] Blocking on the right side allows White to connect out to , but Black takes sente, and looks nicely placed. Not too much to add, I think. With the right hand block the local position looks better to me, and the sente/gote difference is significant. The mainline for looks more interesting, but the hane was only a minor error.

Author:	Uberdude [ Sat Aug 08, 2020 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Shoulda guessed it was Yu Ch'ang-hyeok with the large knight moves.

Author:	dhu163 [ Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Opening problems for AI: Problem 41
Speculatively: Current position: 1. Slightly surprising. a is the standard joseki, though b seems playable. However, B doesn't have support on the upper side and has territory on the right. So perhaps b is sensible to get sente for the upper left 3-3? Rather than gote? However, I still prefer the look of a to move potential to the upper side and reduce W's influence rather than continuing trying to take a small side territory when the lower right remains open. So I prefer a. Opp to play 1. R16 obviously. Past: 1. B's large knight's aren't liked by AI unless there is good reason. In this shape, there seems to be no reason as there is no expansion potential when W is strong around. The lower side is the Lee Chang-ho joseki before AI popularised F2. Check: 1. Hmm, some things to learn here. Perhaps in a game I would have thought more.

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