Ladders

Move 0

Black[8d]

0 captures

White[8d]

0 captures

+ 6.5

Unranked

Rules: Japanese

Review by: omniunown[5k]

Move 0 + 86

October 3, 2015

[12:40] Samraku[9k]: hi, saxmaam :)

[14:53] saxmaam[13k]: Variation: Why is a ladder breaker a free move?

Move 0 + 56

[15:24] omniunown[11k]: A ladder breaker is a free move because it forces your opponent to either capture directly, or to play a move that makes the ladder work for them again. A broken ladder that gets played out is way too disastrous , since the ladder stones get cut to pieces, and gives the player with the broken ladder a very strong wall. The longer the ladder, the more painful it is when it's broken.