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Eight point Eye - Possible Ko
Path: LifeAndDeath · Prev: SquareNineInTheCorner · Next: JosekiRelatedLifeAndDeath
Keywords: Life & Death, Ko
Note: This line of play is usually not best for White. It is for demonstration purposes. An eight point eye is not enough to guarantee life.
Usually a is better for White than
Hmm, it looks to me like black can get a seki after
Which is a way to get to Seki inside the bulky five, although it involves a 1-point mistake by White.
Presumably the seki is normally preferable to the ko for Black.
Bill: Oops! I analyzed this 9 years ago and had forgotten the niceties.
Here is the main line:
TJ Not sure if that one works, but I was working this up while Evand was editing... Immediately re-edited and removed another diagram where black's play gets himself killed instead of a seki. The remaining one still looks good, though, no?
Bill: Black is dead. Path: LifeAndDeath · Prev: SquareNineInTheCorner · Next: JosekiRelatedLifeAndDeath This is a copy of the living page "Eight point Eye - Possible Ko" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |