Beginner Exercise 145/ Discussion

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Bill: I think this should be a status problem with the dame filled. The point is that White needs to protect. Black's threat to kill with the double snapback position is neat, but intermediate level, I think.

The point about filling the dame may apply to some go servers, but should not be necessary ordinarily.

Oh! I see that the life and death problem has been put up elsewhere. How about we delete this "problem"?

Gronk: Good question. I was wondering how one deletes or inserts a problem in this path. Since it is numbered, doing so creates problems. Unless one allows decimals and doesn't mind skipped numbers, it might take a lot of re-editting. I wonder if it isn't best to either leave this one in or to replace it with a different problem (like yank the one of the end of the path and stick it here or make a new one).

In any case, I rather like this problem, though I agree it is not beginner level. (Note: I didn't create this problem. I just cleaned it up.) However, one can criticize many problems on this path in this way. There is a wide range of difficulty.

Best of luck to anyone wishing to figure out what to do here (it won't be me).

(Later) Oh, about filling dame: I frequently fill dame to force my opponent to play inside his territory. Sometimes they have to make two or more plays to survive. I suppose this could be done through discussion where I point and show that a protective move is needed or else something bad will happen if dame are filled. But isn't it really the same thing? Either I fill the dame and let them figure it out or I explain it to them. What's the difference? The disaster won't occur until the dame are filled if a protective move is not made and to see that is the point of the problem.


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