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Practical Endgame Test 1 / Solution
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Solution for "Practical Endgame Test 1"
Black has sente to play the big point of
Black continues with Count:
DaveSigaty: White has not played as well as she could. OK, actually, this seems better for White:
White plays
And if instead of
OK, so then Black
DaveSigaty: Most of the right ideas are coming out but there are more resources in this position than have shown up yet. Hint: the correct result is White wins by 4 points. But we haven't yet seen the correct order. For example, in the last diagram above Black's play at By the way, this problem looked fairly uncomplicated when I looked at it except for the tesuji in the lower left corner. However, in checking the solution I found that in the original readers' poll in Kido only 6% of the answers sent in were correct.
Arno: I asked my high dan friend about this problem, and he came up with this new sequence on the right, which gives White sente. However, whichever variation we tried, White only wins by 3 points. I'm at my wits' end. Enlighten me please. Solution
Dave Sigaty: This is the big stuff that Arno got right from the beginning...
The key point is Dave: these problems should really have only a single line of correct play if they are good. In other words other choices by either Black or White should lead to worse results for Black or White respectively.
Arno: for alternatives to Dave: for a more in depth analysis of another position that arose see /Solution 3.
Arno: new problem - alternative to This is a copy of the living page "Practical Endgame Test 1 / Solution" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |