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Four Die But Six Live
    Keywords: Proverb, Life & Death

On the 3rd 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.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Four stones on the third line die

Black tries to expand his eyespace with 1 and 3, but white plays 2 and 4 and black dies. Black 3 at 'a' or 5 is met with white playing at 6.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Six stones on the third line live

When black has six stones in a row, white can not kill the stones. White 1-7 fail after black plays 8.



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