Hovercraft

  Difficulty: Intermediate   Keywords: EndGame, Life & Death, Go term

Charles See also Joseki-related life-and-death example 2.

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Hovercraft

This is another shape often resulting from a 3-3 invasion.

Let's try a few attacks for White.

Hane

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First hane

Black has to let go two stones, or ...

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Problem

There is shortage of liberties to play a.

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Better?

Fhayashi: Is this W2 better?

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Life

Black lives, but White can make an endgame gain at a.

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L+2 Group

Bildstein:What's wrong with making the L+2 group?


(to be completed - feel free to add)

Dieter


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"Hovercraft" with descent

If white has the marked stone, for example because black threatened to connect an outside group here, the corner can now be killed.

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My hovercraft is full of eels.

Bent four in the corner.

--Bass



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