One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems / Errata

It is of course completely possible that the readers are mistaken about the 'mistakes', so please add if you know more!

Thanks to Bozulich for this great book. The lack of explanations in the book really motivates one to look further and work on the problems in depth.

--Skelley

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Errata

Page 4, problem 12, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Problem 12 solution

The solution is correct, but the location of the 'b' annotation is wrong, it should be one line lower at the 1-3 point.



Page 28, problem 108, solution text

The solution text says: If White plays the diagonal move..., but it should be: If Black plays the diagonal move....



Page 42, problem 158, solution text

The solution says: ...a dead four-point eye space., but it should be: ...a dead five-point eye space.



Page 44, problem 168, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solution diagram

"If Black turns at 1, White can't stop him from getting two eyes."

[Diagram]

White can make seki (6 at 4)

However, White can obtain a seki by playing with W2 and W4.



Page 49, problem 195, problem diagram

[Diagram]

Book Solution

The book claims that B1 makes a seki.

[Diagram]

Error

However, W2 and W4 turns the position into a ko.

[Diagram]

Correct Solution

Therefore, the correct solution should be to connect at B1 instead. It guarantees at least a seki.

[Diagram]

Seki

W4 and W6 can turn the position into seki in gote.

[Diagram]

Independent life, plus

W6 takes back at white+circle.

Or Black can make independent life, also in gote. Later B3 - W6 is sente.

Page 77, problem 300, problem diagram

Problem 300 is described as "Black to kill" and is in the section labelled "One-move problems - Black to kill" when it is actually Black to live. Note, the second printing (from June 2006) has this correctly labelled as "Black to live".

Page 82, problem 316, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Problem 316

"Black peeps at B1. If White a, Black b. If White b, Black c also kills White."

The c is omitted in the diagram.

Note: The c can be either of the two circle points.



Page 86, problem 327, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Problem 327

The solution says "Black connects with 1. If white blocks at A, Black makes a placement at B."

A placement at C also works.



Page 96, problem 372, solution text

[Diagram]

Problem 372

The solution says "Black 1 links up with his three stones below. White has only one eye."

Actually, white has no eyes; both the 1-2 point and the 2-3 point are false eyes.



Page 100, problem 386, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solution

The text says "Black B1 creates a dead eye space. If White a, Black b. If White c, Black d."

However, there are no c and d on the diagram.

It is possible that the intended sentence is "If White b, Black a."



Page 106, problem 408, solution text

"corner" rather than "cornert".

Page 112, problem 430, solution text

Solution text says "If Black 1 at 2, White will descend to 1 and the black stones are short of liberties." Actually, the black stones are not short of liberties, but Black is dead anyway.

Page 116, problem 451, solution text

[Diagram]

Problem 451

Solution says "...If White 2, Black draws back to 3 and he is alive."
Should say "...If White 2, Black at 3 or a lives."

Page 144, problem 572, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solution

"With B1, Black gets two eyes because it makes miai of the points W2 and B3."

[Diagram]

Seki

Obviously white can just play W4 to make a seki.



Page 181, problem 738

[Diagram]

Black to Live

From the first printing dated February 20002.

The solution diagram shows how Black kills White. This problem is misplaced and belongs in part six of the book which contains five move Black to Kill problems.



Page 183, problem 751, problem diagram

[Diagram]

Problem diagram

"Black to live"

[Diagram]

Solution diagram

"Black plays B1, sacrificing two stones. After White captures with W4, Black B5 makes a second eye."

[Diagram]

The error

Actually, Black can just connect his stones at a or b since White cannot make a false eye on the left. This way he does not have to sacrifice two stones to live.

Obviously, the white+circle stone should be removed from this problem for the intended solution to be the best solution.



Page 184, problem 752, solution diagram

[Diagram]

1

"B1 is the vital point. Black B3 and B5 are obvious. Black has two ways to make his second eye."

[Diagram]

2

Instead of W4, White can extend at B5 in Diagram 1, and Black does not have enough liberties to play at W4, and so must capture the four white stones...

[Diagram]

3

Now White can play back under the stones to form a 10,000 year ko. The book states none of the "Black to live" solutions involve ko...

/Problem 752 - Mannenko Discussion



Page 192, problem 787

Wrong: White resists with 2 and 4, but Black ends up short of liberties.
Right: White resists with 2 and 4, but ends up short of liberties.

Page 191, problem 789, solution

I believe, that the result is seki, not two eyes for black.

[Diagram]

Seki



Page 194, problem 799, problem and solution

The book explicitly states that there are no problems that need a ko to solve, but in this one the answer doesn't mention a move by white that forces a ko!

The solution given in the book:

[Diagram]

Claims that black can win with no ko

But if white plays W4 at B5, white can make a ko! Watch:

[Diagram]

White can force a ko

And now we have an approach ko for white, which, if won, kills black.

(B5 at W6 is a direct ko.)



Page 231, problem 966, problem diagram

[Diagram]

White lives

The problem says "Black to kill", but White can live with this sequence.



Multiple solutions

Page 36, problem 134, solution diagram

The solution given is:

[Diagram]

Problem 134 solution

Black easily lives with 1. Black A also lives, but with a double ko.
However, there is another solution equally as good as 1. The solution should look like this:

[Diagram]

Problem 134 solution

Black easily lives with 1 or B. Black A also lives, but with a double ko.



Page 64, problem 244, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solutions

Solution diagram gives B1 as the solution. However, Black a works too.



Page 86, problem 325, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solutions

Solution diagram gives B1 as the solution. However, Black a also works.



Page 88, problem 337, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solutions

Solution diagram gives B1 as the solution. Black a also kills. However, the book solution B1 is better than a, because if black needs to actually remove the white stones, B1 avoids any possibility of ko in the corner.



Page 228, problem 945, solution diagram

[Diagram]

Solution

The solution in the book shows this sequence as a solution. However, having B1 to directly hit the vital point at B3 is also a solution (think incomplete bulky five).




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