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Kyu Exercise 1 / Attempts
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Looks alive to me... if White has sente, should it go like this? Where
If it's Black's turn to play, it turns out like this? With White alive once again?
SnotNose: Looks like ko. (Moved from /Solution).
Dead, I think - Floris? Dieter: This doesn't prove it is dead, but that it is killable. Is it dead already or unsettled? If so, White can live in ko or live? unkx80: To put it more directly, when a problem asks for the status of a group, it is effectively asking two questions. 1) Black first to play, what is the best result? 2) White first to play, what is the best result?
SnotNose: Alive. Classic L+1 group living shape.
SnotNose: Dead. Classic L+1 group kill.
SnotNose:
Rafael: SnotNose says
unkx80: I think SnotNose: a and b are miai for the kill.
SnotNose: I think unkx80 is right (that perhaps
SnotNose: Unfortuneately, Black cannot chase White all the way to the edge because he is short of liberties. I think the best Black can do is jump out with I believe this is the only chance for a kill. Since it fails, White should be at worst alive in ko. Here's one way for ko.
SnotNose:
SnotNose: Another ko.
SnotNose: Black a, white squeeze at b. No ko this way. This is a copy of the living page "Kyu Exercise 1 / Attempts" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |