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Singing Praise To The Library
    Keywords: Problem

I think that these 7 or 8 months with the library increased my strength significantly. I learned a lot of useful things, first of all the fundumentals of the L-group and the art of survival in the corners. I recommend all newcomers to read this material. It makes decision making in the fight so much easier.

My tsumego improved as well owing to the problems, which means that the opponents die more frequently, I survive a little bit more often. This in general gives more wins.



I'd like to add a diagram to this page because a page without a diagram loses its point. This might have happened in one of my games on IGS. It did not happen because I made a sente move elsewhere, the opponent defended wrongly, his group died and he had to resign.


[Diagram]
Diag.: How to defend?

White played yose moves on the right and now black comes with a counterattack with a marked stone. Defending at 'a' is a natural move, it is as efficient as anything else but it looks tasteless. Defending at 'b' is even worse. So I planned to play as in the next diagram.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Setting a trap

White 1 actually does not give more points then 'a' at the previous diagram and leaves a ko-threat, but it sets a trap for the opponent. I wonder how many would buy it.


[Diagram]
Diag.: White capture a stone

And now if black takes tree stones the corner dies. We know it already.

I think that since this position may happen in every game everybody should learn how to kill the corner.



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