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Answer To Simple Endgame Problem
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem, Question, EndGame

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Diag.: 9x9 diagram

Suggest your answer(s) here...

-Kris Rhodes



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Diag.: Mistake - Black loses

Note that for Black to connect at 1 leads to a hideous loss. (Yes, I assumed this was the answer until I gave it more thought.) -- Bignose



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Diag.: HolIgor

What about this elegant move (B1)? White can't break in.

Kris: I think there is a move worth one more point - but of course, Black wins in either case.



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Diag.: Lucky

Lucky: Black can play any of the marked points with the same result. If white captures three stones...


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Diag.:

... after W3 black can connect. Black wins by 7 points.


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Diag.: If black does nothing

If black does nothing (plays pass) it cannot connect after W3.


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Diag.: Ko

White takes ko and has more threats (see HolIgor sequence). So white connects ko and black wins by 6 points. Black lost a point.



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