On the third line or in the corner on the second line a string of four stones is dead, and a string of six stones is alive. A string of five stones lives or dies according to sente.
Black tries to expand his eyespace with and
, but White plays
and
and Black dies.
at a or
is met with
.
When Black has six stones in a row, White can not kill the stones. -
fails after
.
Can someone show how to live or kill with five ?
Isn't this an application of the above? With 5, whomever has sente can effectively reduce it to 4 or expand to 6. No?
Slowman: How about this? (Please check it :-))