Tsumego Hero
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    Paul Thibodeau:
    Over 20 local points are at stake in the Ko, not to mention life for the outside stones, and the impact on the opponent's surrounding stones. Comments are confusing decisive middlegame Ko fights at the 20-40 point stage, with endgame plays at the 1-or-2 points stage.
    posetcay:
    This is a whole board tsumego, which means white only needs 1 threat to win the ko. Therefore it is pointless to play point-losing threats.
    		24. February 2024
    13:04
    Met:
    And you can lose because you lost the ko by one threat and everything, including the outside stones, dies. The choice of whether to play the 1 or 2 ko threats is situational and either can be correct in different game. Moreover, this is a beginner problem that should not fail on a relative detail.
    Sadaharu:
    You can also lose the game because you lost points when using ko threats. Beginners shouldn't use ko threats that lose points. Also, without knowing the outside situation, the opponent has no local ko threats, so there is no need to increase ko threats by playing moves that lose points.
    		17. February 2024
    14:56
    Met:
    Comment below. B5 threat should be accepted. Nothing says the points are more important than connecting. I broke my accuracy streak at ~150 over this >:(
    Ivan Detkov:
    Points are the most important thing in go. In a game you can lose because you played B5 instead of B4.
    		16. February 2024
    17:51
    Paul Thibodeau:
    B5 allows two local ko threats instead of just the one.
    Sadaharu:
    B5 itself loses points and the 2nd ko threat loses even more points
    		15. February 2024
    23:29
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