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Seki with eyes question 6
Keywords: Life & Death, Question
Yet another interesting seki with eyes:
This is a seki too, even though White can capture the two Black stones in the corner (but does not benefit from doing so!). -- jvt Why would this be a seki? White plays the 2-2 point, and can then play the 1-1 point to make 2 eyes. Something must be missing here. -- bp
Using Chinese rules:
Using Japanese rules:
If White plays
Using Chinese rules:
Using Japanese rules: Using either ruleset, White does not gain by playing at the 2-2 point.
--unkx80
Bill: Under Japanese '89 rules, if this position remains at the end of the game, Black's two stones are considered to be alive, even though White to play can capture them. The following is not real play, which has ended. Rather it is a demonstration.
After the play is over, White claims that the
jvt: This is taken straight out of Life-and-Death example 2 in the Japanese Rules 1989.
Bill: Jean-Pierre's point, which had originally slipped my mind, is that the capture of the This is a copy of the living page "Seki with eyes question 6" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |