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Tsumego From Games 21
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This happened to me in a 9x9 game on KGS today. I thought my corner is safe, but then Black played the marked stone. How can White defend the lower left corner?

Bill: Play there before Black does.

[Diagram]
Diag.: White to defend

In the end I made a seki and lost the game.

--Confused

Dave: It does seem to be too late...


[Diagram]
Diag.: White to defend

White is helpless.

Bill: Therefore White has nothing better than to pass at move 5, accepting seki.

[Diagram]
Diag.: 10,000 year ko

Bill: If Black has no ko threat, he can still make a 10,000 year ko.
(Note: White cannot take and fill.)


[Diagram]
Diag.: White to defend

Seki.

exswoo: Actually, if Black plays this sequence, I think White can force a no result under Japanese rules...although I'm not sure if that's actually a valid strategy :)


[Diagram]
Diag.: NR!

[Diagram]
Diag.: NR!

Bill: White can keep doing this, but it costs one point each time. Eventually Black can sacrifice his stones and still win.
exswoo: Wouldn't the super ko rule forbid that?
Bill: Depending on the variant of the superko rule, it would prevent White 9.
Dave: Although it does not work, that is quite a clever idea that I did not notice. Black can also play 9 or a instead of 4 to achieve seki. I just thought 4 looked nicer, which is a careless approach to tsumego :-) Well done exswoo!
exswoo: Why, thank you :) It would've been even better if it did work but oh well. I wonder if there are any tsumego problems out there where this strategy is the correct answer?

Dieter: Yes Sir, may I suggest problem 85 of the amazing Kanazawa Tesuji Series, also known as Gokyo Shumyo.



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