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Four Die But Six Live
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    Keywords: Life & Death, Proverb

On the third line a string of four stones is dead, and a string of six stones is alive. A string of five stones lives or dies according to sente.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Four stones on the third line die

Black tries to expand his eyespace with 1 and 3, but White plays 2 and 4 and Black dies. Black 3 at a or 5 is met with White playing at 6.



[Diagram]
Diag.: Six stones on the third line live

When Black has six stones in a row, White can not kill the stones. White 1-7 fail after Black plays 8.



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