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Otake Hideo vs Cho Chikun - 2nd Meijin
Keywords: Life & Death
Here is the end position from Does anyone see the path to life?
I took a crack at it here, but I am not sure I am correct, anyone else?
It seems to me that Black can now cut at a or b, and that Black also has a favorable double ko through 8. Am I correct here?
DaveSigaty: It looks like the issue here is what happens after White collapses the Ko by exchanging
DaveSigaty: I think that
DaveSigaty: Going back to the beginning. White can also start at 1, I think. Black cuts in the corner but it looks like ko is the most that he can get. This is a very difficult ko for White to win though since Black has many local threats and nothing on the rest of the board looks big enough. Even if White tries to capture the left side with something like a, I think Black has time to answer.
Noel Herradura: The following diagrams were taken from the HnG games discussion at
Noel Herradura: The marked stones are effectively killed. Yes, but what happens if White plays the marked stone as 7? All White need do is deny Black an eye, not kill as soon as possible. --BlueWyvern DaveSigaty: Let's see!
DaveSigaty: Connecting at the marked stone instead of a probably represents White's strongest resistence. However, after the sequence shown above, Black forces once at 1 then stops White pushing out with 3. If
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Deepflow : It doesn't work, i read it out myself and thought i might as well edit the page for everyone else to see. :) This is a copy of the living page "Otake Hideo vs Cho Chikun - 2nd Meijin" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |