Talk:Advanced (strategy guide)

Template Va

Does the hex at a1 really have to be empty? --Roland Illig 14:02, 15 Jun 2007 (CEST)

Not sure I understand your question, Roland. It says in the next paragraph that hexes marked '*' are not relevant to the template, i.e. it doesn't matter whether a1 is empty or not. I think I will move this discussion shortly to the Talk page, so that it doesn't disturb the flow of the tutorial. — turing 13:53, 14 Jul 2007 (CEST)

Oops, I meant either J1 or A6, though I don't remember which one I meant. :( --Roland Illig 23:52, 8 Sep 2007 (CEST)

This is based on template Va, but there are three more blue stones at a6, b5, c4.

I've marked all uninteresting moves with stars. After one of these moves, Red can play at f4 and has Template IIIa to one of the sides. This leaves eight interesting moves:

• Bf3 Rh3: Template IVa
• Bg3 Rf3 Be5 Wf4 Bf5 Rg4 Bg5: Red lost.
• Bf4...
• Be5...
• Bf5...
• Bd6...
• Be6...
• Bf6...

Template Vb as a fourth-row ladder escape from the right

I seems to me that for template Vb to be a valid ladder escape for a fourth-row ladder coming from the right, the vertical player has to be able to double-chain at j2 and i1 (in the diagram, it is the horizontal player's turn; he is going to play h4, which intrudes into the template). For instance, if the horizontal player has a piece at h2, the opponent cannot escape. Is that correct?

eobllor 2012/11/14 17:29 CET