BQM 324

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  Difficulty: Advanced   Keywords: EndGame, Tesuji, Ko, Problem, Question
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When's b better than a???

I was looking for a situation where it'd (b ^^*) a better move... Any ideas for a small board setting?

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6 at 2

Namii: b is not possible before the liberty at c is filled. Check doubleko.

KonradScheffler: Well that more or less answers the question. Add a stone at c to the problem position. Now if white starts at a it will be seki, while if she starts at b it will be ko. This sort of ko (black standing to lose a lot, white only standing to lose a little) will be better (for white) than seki in the majority of cases.


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