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Still makes a difference to have an idea of how strong your opponent is. A strong component behind Lee Sedol's performance was that uncertainty, as mentioned i
by partycoder 9y ago
Still makes a difference to have an idea of how strong your opponent is.
A strong component behind Lee Sedol's performance was that uncertainty, as mentioned in his interviews.
- 2bitencryption 9y agoyou could be certain or uncertain that your opponent is three stones stronger than you -- either way, your opponent is still three stones stronger than you :)
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoIf you know your opponent is significantly stronger that you, you can aim to make things more complicated and hope to bait out a mistake.
- partycoder 9y agoI think that's not a wise thing to do against a stronger player. Stronger players actually start complicated fights to prevail through superior reading. It is possible however to win like this against a stronger player, if you make effective use of time management... e.g: leave lots of aji, then force fights with complicated variations when the opponent has limited time (e.g: towards the end game) to force mistakes or winning by time. These tricks are informally known as "timesujis".
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoI thought a "timesuji" was a move that took advantage of the 30-seconds-per-move rule by having an obvious response and not affecting the overall board state. Like, playing inside a bamboo joint.