BQM 313

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I don't understand why 1 doesn't kill


Barney


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I don't understand why 1 doesn't kill

Dieter: What's the source? Indeed, Black has one eye now, but I haven't figured out what happens if Black counterattacks at B2, using the potential cut at a.


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I don't understand why 1 doesn't kill

IanDavis After some forcing moves I believe White runs out of liberties first, but it seems a rather odd problem to me.


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Yasui Sanchi (W) - Shusaku

W7 @ B4

Bill: This position arose in a castle game in 1857 between Yasui Sanchi and Shusaku. Here is the actual continuation. Black won by resignation soon afterwards.

Bill: Barney has run into a problem that is familiar to me when playing over professional games. Sometimes it seems that one player can kill an opponent's group, but does not do so. Later the apparently killing move is not played, so we do not know how the opponent would have responded, and the commentary says nothing.



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