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Blind Spot Problem 2 Solution
Keywords: Tactics, Problem
unkx80: The blind spot is 1. Now White cannot capture the marked stone. WarEagle: I did not believe this statement, but now I do. Also, White wants to live, not capture the marked stone. White has one eye at a. Thus White can live by enclosing the upper area. Here are some failed variations for White. But they give Black opportunities to let White escape.
White 2 is Variation 1. White 2 at z is Variation 2.
Black can stumble, with simple moves as shown.
Because of shortage of liberties, White cannot block at b or prevent Black connecting at b then c to destroy one eye. White cannot even get a ko (that I can find).
This cut at Black 3 does not work. White 4 could be at d.
White cannot block at e, since Black at f would kill. jesusin: Black 1 here connects and spoils all of White's eye space. White can not cut at a because of b. White c instead does not work because a next is atari.
unkx80: Sorry, not this way...
Instead, Black's liberties come out short. This is a copy of the living page "Blind Spot Problem 2 Solution" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |