Worst Move Problems / Example

Sub-page of WorstMoveProblems

For the worst move problems, you might see something like this:

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White to play and make the black group alive.

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Solution

This is the solution. Now Black is alive, and there's no way for White to kill it.

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Not the solution

Although Black can play B2 at 'a' to make life, but this is not the solution. White didn't make the black group alive; the status of the black group after W1 is still unsettled.


Finally, of course, the usual rules of "alive with points" is better than "seki", which is better than "ko", etc, still applies here.


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