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Tsumego From Games 8
   

Jonathan Cano: This problem is of the "race to capture" (or seki) variety.

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Diag.: black to play, what happens?

I saw this position come up in a game between a 2-kyu (white) and a 6-kyu (black) on KGS.

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What Happened in the game ...

Black played 1 and 3. Later he died. Black 3 is a mistake in my opinion. I explored this position after the game (using KGS's wonderful ability to load any game and edit on the server) and found it quite interesting.

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Diag.: The actual Game.


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