Re: [gnugo-devel] hoshi patch

[Evan Berggren Daniel]

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Arend Bayer wrote:

> You are referring to this variation:
> +Pattern JH101
> +
> +---------+
> +.........|
> +.........|
> +.........|
> +...X.X...|
> +.........|
> +....O.O..|
> +.........|
> +....*.X..|
> +.........|
> +.........|
> +
> +:8,sFJ
> +
>
> Did you intentionally mark this as joseki? The only joseki move I am
> aware of is the shoulder hit on the 4th line. (Kombilo did find this move
> in one professional game, but under very special circumstances, X threatening
> to finish a center moyo.)
>
> It probably doesn't matter much, as gnugo doesn't play the iken tobi
> beforehand at the moment, but...

Ishida lists it as a minor joseki variation; Volume 3, page 141.
It was intentional, and I added it mostly because I happened to be looking
at that section of hoshi.sgf and saw it in the book.  It probably isn't
particularly important for gnugo to know about the sequence, though.

Evan Daniel