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Why does this no-variation opening appear so frequently in KataGo’s training games?

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There is a no-variation opening in training games, and it appears very very frequently. https://katagotraining.org/sgfplayer/training-games/61976462/ https://katagotraining.org/sgfplayer/training-games/60902084/ ![a no-variation opening in training games](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4a3cc3f0-d6c2-4c85-8742-e86dbdd09109) Why does this opening appear so frequently in...

A serious Blind Spot in the opening joseki

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![1-1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/474a74a5-32f0-427b-bb22-74c30cb3f888) ![1-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4e0d6703-4664-490e-926b-f61b1f7be292) ![1-3](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9f7d40e8-0c90-4bd3-8683-9ffe6501627f) ![1-4](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/002f95f9-35e0-425e-9d16-9b93a404f75a) ![2-1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/101c99c0-622a-44bb-8e07-e98f6da8f2ab) ![2-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5153e952-9ad2-499a-a0c2-93eeeb4ed830) ![2-3](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61721cb1-f7c8-4ecc-986f-83d7dcd25faf) ![2-4](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2a5cd4f2-efbb-44b0-9056-1ddecc34f9d6) ![3-1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/062421df-d067-4574-93d4-d55b517f37c6) ![3-2](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4b8c1b56-fe94-4f18-b428-993662ee55b5)

【Rule Proposal】Unilateral-Button: enable even komi (like 6-point komi) under Chinese/Area rules

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**Button**: Whether a half-point is awarded to the first player to be able to pass. Then, how about to introduce "Unilateral-Button" rule? **Unilateral-Button**: A half-point komi is only awarded to...

Could you please compare SENet with a new neural net architecture called "EfficientNet" on KataGo?

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EfficientNet https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/05/efficientnet-improving-accuracy-and.html https://github.com/tensorflow/tpu/tree/master/models/official/efficientnet

What does the KataGo's name "kata" mean?

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I am truly grateful that KataGo is so powerful and practical. But I still have no idea what the name "Kata" means.