OD1P - July 31 Problem / Discussion

Only a ko  

jvt: Black 1 looks good but it is only a ko.

If White 2 elsewhere...  

Black 3 occupies the important point and kills.

Continued  

If White captures at 8, Black creates a false eye at 9.

Variation  

White stones get captured in snapback on the left.

Continued 1: (ko)  

6 at 2.

Continued 2: (Black 1 kills)  

jvt: White can't get a ko like this.

Answer  

DieterVerhofstadt (1k): White will eventually have to play at a and capture at b. Her eye space then consists of three in a row. That's a dead shape, since Black can throw in again at 1. --(exchanged b/w RogerHale?)

hmm how bout  

now it is ko.

if black do something else

hmm how bout  

alive

hmm how bout  

same ko

hmm how bout  

or

hmm how bout  

so it seems like ko to me if black go 1 to begin with ?_?