Four die but six live
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Keywords: Life & Death, Proverb
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. Similar proverb is Six Die But Eight Live (on second line)
Four in row
Black tries to expand his eyespace with and
, but White plays
and
and Black dies.
at a or
is met with
.
Six in row
Bill: This appears to be White's best play, leaving a possible seki. See Segoe's sequences.
Editor comment: Seki is a kind of unconditional life. (Six live)
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