3x4 Problems / Attempts

Black plays at 1 to win?  

unkx80: I don't think so.

Black plays at 1 to win?  

turns the position into seki and hence it is a draw.

 

MasamuneXGP: Found it. is the winning move

is Pass.  

If white tries to keep symetry and hope for jigo, black plays a game-winning manego breaker at . White can't mirror it due to shortage of liberties, and A-1 is stupid. is Pass, gets Black two beautiful eyes.

is Pass.  

If instead White tries to capture, Black plays and prevents white from making eyes. Again White has nothing, so she Passes, and makes life for Black again.

 

black 3 dead

white 2 dead

hence white wins (no komi i presume:))

 

Mef: I'm pretty sure wins here.

 

If black tries to prevent white from getting an eye, he is stuck with a losing ko.

 

white can foil any attempt by black to make an eye, after that it's a simple Me Ari Me Nashi.

 

After black suffers from a liberty shortage.

failure  

If White tries to keep the symmetry from the start, Black can break it and win.

success  

With an eye, White can now mirror for a draw.

-- The Count

Version 2  

Alex: In version 1, White throws in at the marked stone and Black recaptures, leading to a seki, but Black still wins, with 3 prisoners to 2.

Seki (Failure)  

P7A77: Are these correct?