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BQM56 variations
Keywords: Life & Death
This is from BQM 56. It has become quite a tough life-and-death problem. The suggestions, with Black to play, are Black at a or b.
This goes nowhere for Black - difficult to form eyes in the centre.
Better give a few more plays, though.
This looks too hard for Black.
The one thing that Black has in reserve is this play.
White will want to answer with 1 here. The question is how much extra Black gets by threatening to cut on the top side.
At this point blocking with Black 1 has become quite serious. The reason is that Black x and y are now threats. White 2 looks less than best here, since Black 9 is close to life.
White should therefore take the key point in the centre. After White 4 it seems that Black is still dead. Well, with so many hypotheticals I'm not sure that anyone is convinced (and I include myself). But there is no clear way to life for Black here. Charles Matthews This is a copy of the living page "BQM56 variations" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |