The Decisive Moment in the Historical Line
of Play (2002 - 2007)
Because White Catches up
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... and while occupying the liberties of Black's top right group (9 points of territory, |
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... also by taking points in the lower left corner (4 prisoners, The formerly very low value of the oki (four points), has become the game winner. Had White not undervalued the oki, on the basis of prior calculations 100 moves earlier, she could have prevented a Black win. It needed the more focussed view of an amateur to make this visible. A tiny local gain might be decisive globally ... | |