Monkey Jump Problem 3 / Attempts

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W11 at a or similar

Fhayashi: My attempt.


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JuhoP: B8 at W3. My final (?) attempt.

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JuhoP: I earlier suggested this. I assumed that black can play Ba, Wb in sente, but then c is white's privilege, giving the same count as the new variation above. Anyway, this problem got me to look at 'The Endgame' again. In a similar situation the book suggested W3 at B4 here, leading to the variation I give above. I suppose the reason is that it's in white's interest not to leave any aji or ko threats, but get the situation played out completely.

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B4 gets nowhere.

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B4 would be gote for black.


Pashley What about this?

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Just descend

Looks to me like both Black moves are forced.

However, I am not utterly certain Black cannot live in the corner with something like 4 at a. Doesn't look like it to me, but I'd like to hear stronger players' opinions.


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JuhoP After Pashley's sequence, I think black can play this in sente, and then a is white's privilege. This seems to produce the same point count as Fhayashi's sequence, and 2 points less for white than my suggestion.


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