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BQM 1
Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: · Next: BQM1Solution
Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Life & Death
I'll write a question! This life problem has been bothering me ever since I found it over at the go server --FCS
Here's the initial situation, and the two moves that originally popped into my head were a and b.
If Black plays at a, White captures at
If Black plays b, he puts
But, if White ignores the trap, and plays at Hint: Don't stop here! You will do it. Argh! I just found out the answer... Yes, there are four spaces in a row, but it's a bent four in the corner, which does strange things and in this case is dead. (No, this is not a bent four in the corner, there are however some strange things that can happen here).
Black reinforces at
White would like to play at the marked space (and would if No! This is a ko! Look again.
OK, so White plays
So, I'm left with this situation. Path: BigQuestionMark · Prev: · Next: BQM1Solution This is a copy of the living page "BQM 1" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |