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Aug 4 Problem Solution
   

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Diag.: Black gets a ko.

7 at 3.

"I'm still very new to go, but from what I see this isn't realy Ko. No matter where white plays next, black plays at a or b and removes the possibility for ko. Maybe my understaning of Ko is wrong, but from what I gather, it's a stiuation where each side can capture a territory over and over, but must play somewhere else before they catupre back. If white plays at b, black plays at a and captures 2 removing the Ko situation. The only way I see this as a Ko situation is if black is blind. If I'm wrong on this please let me know."

SAS: It is a ko situation, but White has to find the first ko threat. So you are correct that Black can live whatever White does next - but the point is that this would mean ignoring White's ko threat, which Black may not want to do.


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