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TFG9 - what the Finnish dan players suggested
Keywords: Life & Death, Problem
I have been looking at the suggestion but so far can not find a win for White here. What does White do after
Something like this ko (
The ko threat at
Whenever White retakes the ko in the corner, Black will recapture at
dnerra: Whew, that is really a tough challenge to SL! Here are my two cents:
Maybe the idea of the "Finnish sequence" is to create a shortage of liberties as with OK, just 48 more, and we have a $ :-)
AvatarDJFlux Since when a dollar is made of 50c??!?
Dave: How about this
dnerra: Isn't Dieter: Well you are, no ?
dnerra: Ooops yes, I didn't see
go4joy: Isn't White still dead if White at
go4joy: Referring to Dave's third diagram:-
go4joy: This is the best I can come up with. White will need a big ko threat. At least this variation removes Black's local ko threats.
DaveSigaty: Unfortunately this variation has removed White's local ko threats (successive white plays at a and b will create only a temporary seki since the three white stones have no hope for eyes). Unless there is a 60+ point ko threat on the part of the board that is not shown, Black will ignore any threat and live in the upper left. As a result, Lucky I had another idea: although is still ko, it is in White's favor.
Now there is little Black can do:
And White takes first. This is a copy of the living page "TFG9 - what the Finnish dan players suggested" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |