Hikaru Problem 9

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Chris Hayashida: This is the first go "problem" in Hikaru no Go. When Hikaru visits Shirakawa-sensei's go class, the sensei is explaining this problem on the magnetic display board.

I have problems understanding the Japanese, and I don't know if the English translation by Shounen Jump makes sense, so I am posting the problem, the Japanese, and the English translation here.

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Shirakawa-sensei's lecture


Chris Hayashida: As the teacher plays B1, he says (in Japanese):

...Kore wa kuro no sagari ga koushu de... Shiro ga osaete kite mo kochira kara atari ni iki shiro ni 2 shitorase... Sonoato kochira no me o ubaeba shiro wa shinimasu ne.

The Shonen Jump translation is:

...Then, Black descending here is a good move. Even if White were to play Black's move, Black captures two stones. Then all of White's stones in this area are dead.

The problem is, I don't understand what the English translation is talking about! I am not good at translating Japanese, but I think the second sentence (in English) is wrong. Perhaps it should be something like:

White will block (and come?) From here, White will atari and take two stones. After that, if Black robs White of this eye, White will die.

Bill: How about this? Even if White plays osae (W2 below), Black plays atari here (B3) and forces White to capture two stones (W4).


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Solution

Chris Hayashida: I suspect this is the solution that the sensei is talking about. I was told that this is the "tower tesuji," but I can't seem to find the reference on Sensei's.

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Solution, continued

Chris Hayashida: White can't connect at a because it is oiotoshi. B3 reduces the group to one eye.

HolIgor: The throw-in W1 is not necessary. W1 at W3 kills as well.


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