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Beginner Exercise 140 Attempts
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem
Taw: How about this ? Hikaru79: This ends up extremely bad for black. White lives with either two prisoners in gote or one prisoner in sente.
How about this? unkx80: Both diagrams are wrong. Malweth: My try
unkx80: Good try, but unfortunately ChrisSchack: Next try, I guess. Of course, your comment about move order is a dead giveaway...
This leads to ko, I think, and if B has enough threats. In place of
and now it IS a ko for life. Therefore, W would have to play so as indicated in the next diagram, in place of
Which is quite the difference. unkx80: Chris's solution is right, after I gave the hint and the comment. To being the discussion to a slightly higher level, I shall also mention the following in passing.
Without the black stone at a,
On the other hand, with the marked stone,
So without Black a, Black should atari at This is a copy of the living page "Beginner Exercise 140 Attempts" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |