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by nurettin 821 days ago
Those position counts don't account for blunders or bad tactics which the players will take advantage of in order to simplify and win. In go, any move that lets your opponent cut you off is highly likely a blunder, so counting every other move other than the obvious one you have to play in order to not lose is pretty useless. You can also call it a bad move if you are not under an immediate threat and you are not invading. (this is a guess, I am not a go player) So counting the rest of the moves developing in your territory is also useless.