Re: spoon-discuss: RE: spoon-business: Go move

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth "Harrison, Andrew":
> Can somebody explain alliances to me please?
> 
> --
> The Kid

Well, the idea is that your stones can draw liberties from your allies' 
stones. For example:

. . . . .
. o o o .
. o 1 o .
. o 2 . .
. . . . .

Normally, playing at 1 if you're not o would be a bad idea, as your stone 
would have only a single liberty. However, if you're an ally of o and you 
played at 1, your stone would have 11 liberties (as many as the larger 
dragon). That said, if o then proceeded to play at 2 and broke off the 
alliance, e would still capture the stone of eir erstwhile ally at 1. So 
you should probably also be careful.

-- 
J.