Re: [gnugo-devel] Nonjoseki

[Arend Bayer]

Gunnar wrote:

> Arend wrote:
> > > Lower left corner:
> > > D4 is not joseki but I suppose E5 is an acceptable response. After
> > > black's tenuki G4 seems too mild. I would have played E2 to try to
> > > force black into bad shape.
> > 
> > In fact, the correct answer is E2 immediately.
> 
> Do you mean at move 8 with immediately, or are you still at move 10?

E2 immediately. (At move 10 E2 is still best as you say.)

> > >
> > > Upper left corner:
> > > K17 is just too wide to be considered a pincer. I don't think D17 is
> > > joseki but maybe it's playable. The result after C15 and tenuki does
> > > not look good. Is there any better alternative to C15?
> > 
> > C18 is mandatory after after D18. Things get a little complicated after
> > Black B18 then.
> 
> The joseki database would be happy to have some of those moves. :-)

I'll see whether I can come up with the energy to do this some time.
Needless to say, we should fix all of these non-josekis before the next
tournament.

Arend