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Answer To Simple Endgame Problem
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem, Question, EndGame

[Diagram]
Diag.: 9x9 diagram

Suggest your answer(s) here...

-Kris Rhodes



[Diagram]
Diag.: Mistake - Black loses

Note that for Black to connect at 1 leads to a hideous loss. (Yes, I assumed this was the answer until I gave it more thought.) -- Bignose



[Diagram]
Diag.: HolIgor

What about this elegant move (Black 1)? White can't break in.

Kris: I think there is a move worth one more point - but of course, Black wins in either case.



[Diagram]
Diag.: Lucky

Lucky: Black can play any of the marked points with the same result. If White captures three stones...


[Diagram]
Diag.:

... after White 3 Black can connect. Black wins by 7 points.


[Diagram]
Diag.: If Black does nothing

If Black does nothing (passes) he cannot connect after White 3.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Ko

White takes ko and has more threats (see HolIgor sequence). So White connects the ko and Black wins by 6 points. Black lost a point.



[Diagram]
Diag.: If Black does nothing

From this position...


[Diagram]
Diag.: If Black does nothing

Shouldn't this be the next move?

-From Jasonred


[Diagram]
Diag.: White response

Playing 4 here is the same as connecting at 1 in the initial diagram. White could play 5, capturing the four black stones. If Black responds with 6, White 7 captures all seven stones.

--Brian Marshall



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