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Pente Challenge- How to answer a open 3 by not blocking it
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Jun 30, 2009, 1:56 AM
Ide like to pose a question and challenge for any one to answer it most completely, or simply add to the list of answers to help.
first a statement. the common general rule in Pente is that you want to block a open ended 3. now this rule of course does have exceptions.
How many ways can you ignore blocking a open ended 3 with out losing in 2 moves.
i want these scenarios to be presented in a viewable board format. text should accompany this explaining what is happening, in order to be clear that it is a new way as opposed to a pre-stated way.
in other words i want unique examples that can be counted into a total sum of ways.
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Jun 30, 2009, 5:06 PM
this doesn't really answer your question, but its related.
harder to explain in words than an example. if the open 3 already has a potential cap across it, and you can create a blocked extended-4 or blocked tessera situation where capping unveils the threat. in this case you already won't lose in 2 since the cap is already there, but you can sometimes get back the initiative this way.
another way to think about it: this is the same thing as attacking a keystone pair, except in this case the pair is already there, you are just turning it from an ordinary pair into a keystore pair.
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Jun 30, 2009, 8:12 PM
Zoey, i am not sure what the point of your challenge is, but to me it seems like the question should instead be "how many ways can you ignore blocking an open ended 3 without losing - period." maybe you have a reason for the "in 2 moves" part.
but another fun one if we use my modified question is:
if the open 3 has extra stones around it in a certain way, you can allow your opponent to create a tessera if you can setup a double-cap across the tessera.
in this example, setting up the double-cap also creates a split-4 which makes it harder for white to block the double-cap.
Re: Pente Challenge
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Jun 30, 2009, 11:06 PM
dweebo: i think the point of this exercise is to brainstorm all the possible reactions to the open 3 (the most important forcing move in the game) that aren't passively blocking one end and that don't end in open 4 to pente. the amount of things you can do that actually eliminate the open 3 threat are much smaller and less commonly found, and mainly include captures.
-karl
Message was edited by: karlw at Jun 30, 2009 5:07 PM
It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
Find a capture chain (two or more captures) across the open three (or potential tesseras) which when the second (or later) capture is made forms a superior threat to the threatened tessera(s). In other words, the first capture after a tessera is formed from the open three doesn't create a tessera, but rather opens up the threat of a second (or possibly third) capture which forms a greater threat than the opponent will have- either through a keystone pair capture, a built tessera, double cap or other above mentioned threats. This is basically just adding a preliminary capture in front of the other ways...
Perhaps the following board is already basically covered by Karl's threaten a cap across a tessera to open a blocked tessera example, but it's such a sweet example that I can't resist adding it... after sjustice's 15. G9, Kras can safely ignore the open three- either by extending as he does to threaten a potential keystone pair or alternately (I believe) by going directly to L7 threatening two caps if J7 is chosen.
See also
with the suggested alternate of 7. ... L11
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Jul 1, 2009, 9:48 AM
In this game player-2 overcomes two simultaneous split-3's. This has already been discribed (karl, dweebo, & watsu's "capture-chain"), but it is another example of turning the tables.
Of course, I wouldn't know player-1's thoughts; but at move 7, I was just going through the motions and blocking with hope that was sure to be dashed. However, at move 8, player-1 makes a bold move instead of building insulating branches to insure a win. I liked player-1's style, going for a quick clean kill. Never the less, from this point in the actual game, player-1 never regained the initiative.
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Jul 1, 2009, 6:35 PM
wow thank you so much guys for getting involved in this!
i wanted to add that in my question to ignore blocking a open 3, a split 3 was also implied when i said a open 3. both 3s, regular or split.
and i think the split 3 ignore can bring forth a slightly new example that is similar to the others, yet a bit different.
i have a game example here from me and nosovs, and i was wondering how to describe this one in words. does this fall under a slightly different method in some way? Look at Nosovs 11th move to answer my split 3 in a unexpected way, how do you call this?
in any event keep the ideas coming, this is great!
oh and when i said in 2 moves dweebo perhaps you right in needing to reword it, but what i originally meant was that normally when u dont block a open 3 it becomes pente in 2 moves, yeah? but the question of are we looking for ignores that win or both winning and losing ignores i find interesting. im not sure which question is better. i suppose the winning ignores are what we should be looking for...i think..
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This was an interesting game which Karl and I recently finished
Initially, I basically ignored Karl's three which he made with 9.) M11 (10. Q7 was unnecessary in terms of neutralizing its threat). However, with Karl's move of 12. R13 (using the open 3 to threaten with a scissortailed flycatcher- threatening to make the killing move @ P11 if I wasn't careful) I was no longer able to safely ignore the threat and I felt I needed to respond with tesseras to shore up my position in regards to M11...
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Sep 22, 2009, 12:58 AM
I'd like to add another time when one may choose to ignore a tria along with a few examples- when one sees a forthcoming win for the opponent but is able to make a move which threatens to take enough pairs so that the opponent may choose not to go for the win through pair sacrifices. A psychological move, so to speak. An example of this would be starting at my move 13. _ P11.
a second game example of this principle follows below, with the pivotal psychological moves occuring following white's 17. M6:
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Re: Pente Challenge
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Sep 23, 2009, 9:41 PM
very nice watsu. i rather enjoyed viewing those, thanks. they were a little more complex looking than earlier examples, but yes i think these yield a new definition. how ever im hesitant to simply label it as a physiological move alone.
ill ponder on that.
zoey
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