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Answer To Simple Endgame Problem
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem, Question, EndGame
Suggest your answer(s) here... -Kris Rhodes
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
What about this elegant move (Black 1)? White can't break in. Kris: I think there is a move worth one more point - but of course, Black wins in either case.
Lucky: Black can play any of the marked points with the same result. If White captures three stones...
... after White 3 Black can connect. Black wins by 7 points.
If Black does nothing (passes) he cannot connect after White 3.
White takes ko and has more threats (see HolIgor sequence). So White connects the ko and Black wins by 6 points. Black lost a point.
From this position...
Shouldn't this be the next move? -From Jasonred
Playing 4 here is the same as connecting at 1 in the initial diagram. White could play 5, capturing the four black stones. If Black responds with 6, White 7 captures all seven stones. This is a copy of the living page "Answer To Simple Endgame Problem" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |