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Hitachi Number 314 Easy Solution
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Noel Herradura: Okay, here black has one guaranteed eye. Now how to make the second one...
Noel Herradura: My first instinct is to connect the two black groups, of course. But then white would connect to his upper stones and black would be dead. Am I right?
Noel Herradura: So the first priority is to prevent white from connecting. White then ataris with 2, black extends with 3. White then plays 4 to attempt to separate black. But after black plays 5, white should play elsewhere since black has secured three eyes. Hey hey... how was that? Did I miss any variations?
Noel Herradura: D'oh! I forgot this variation! What if white ataris with 2 instead? Black cannot connect his ataried stone because white would connect with the two marked stones...
Noel Herradura: Continuing the variation which leads us to the next diagram...
Noel Herradura: Now it is in both players' interests to play bigger moves elsewhere. White has a ko threat at a that she can use later. This is a copy of the living page "Hitachi Number 314 Easy Solution" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |