BQM50

    Keywords: Life & Death, Question
[Diagram]
Status ?  

We can consider this shape to be a weak L+2-group - the weakness being the absent stone at a. On top of that, Black has black+circle in place. What would be the status of this group ?

[Diagram]
Status ?  

It takes little to realize that White can live by playing at W1 or a. The real question is whether Black can kill.


[Diagram]
From the outside  

Occupying the weak point leads nowhere. White lives easily: it looks like W2 is the vital point.

[Diagram]
Attack at 1-2  

The attack at this point amounts to failure.

[Diagram]
Attack at 2-2  

After W6, it is pointless to continue with Black a - White b. In fact, the marked point provides the extra liberty for the group to be alive


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BQM50 last edited by CharlesMatthews on June 8, 2003 - 21:34
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