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So I was playing Go today on KGS ( www.gokgs.com ) and it was close, but I was losing. It was the end of the game and I was annoying my opponent by thrashing around in his corner and eventually creating a single ko threat.
After that, there was one little stone on the board for the person who could win the ko fight. We fought over that single stone for about 3 minutes, and eventually I had one more ko threat than he did: the mess I made in his corner.
Finally I filled in that stone, happy in my own pedantic way that at least I'd won something, and then the scores came up: Jacky 96.5 - 96.0 Opponent!
At this point it might have seemed to my opponent that I'd planned it all along; counted every single point of my territory and knew that I needed that single stone to win. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, all I was doing was trying to play the best endgame I could.
It's nice to be rewarded once in a while for going just that little bit further, even when everything seems lost. To carry on, and make your own luck? Or...OK, failing all that, to be a lucky bastard once in a while :)
After that, there was one little stone on the board for the person who could win the ko fight. We fought over that single stone for about 3 minutes, and eventually I had one more ko threat than he did: the mess I made in his corner.
Finally I filled in that stone, happy in my own pedantic way that at least I'd won something, and then the scores came up: Jacky 96.5 - 96.0 Opponent!
At this point it might have seemed to my opponent that I'd planned it all along; counted every single point of my territory and knew that I needed that single stone to win. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, all I was doing was trying to play the best endgame I could.
It's nice to be rewarded once in a while for going just that little bit further, even when everything seems lost. To carry on, and make your own luck? Or...OK, failing all that, to be a lucky bastard once in a while :)
