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A Completely Artificial Problem

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Some weeks ago I was in Bucharest for a tournament. One saturday evening I went with some go players to a friend of us to drink some beers and analyze our games. Late in the night Cristian Pop 6 dan showed us this problem, saying he knows it from Soldan Leszek 6 dan from Poland :-).

We looked at it for about a quart an hour an nobody get the right answer. Some were on the right way but couldn't go to the last move. Cristi showed us then the answer and we could continue our beers.

[Diagram]
Diag.: Black to move and kill white.

This position can never happen in a real game, that's why I call it 'artificial'. Still, it is very interesting. And quite difficult. The answer is not a ko.

lavalyn: Opening the discussion for a solution



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