Gokyo Shumyo, Section 1, Problem 46 / Solution

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Solution diagram: Hashimoto Utaro 9p
Variations: Dieter 1k, unkx80

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White lives

The play at W1 is the vital point.

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Continuation

The points a and b are miai now.

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Failure

After B10, Black can almost fill White's eye space with a bulky five. White can do nothing to prevent that without turning her eye space into another dead shape.

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Failure 2

xela: What is black's response to W1?

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continuation; B8 at W3

xela: this is the best I can find so far...

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continuation continuation

This way, white lives.

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Variation

I can almost see how black can make a ko, but it looks like white has enough liberties to squeeze... have I missed something here?

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continuation

(if black tries B1 at 'a' or 'b', white still plays W2)

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continuation


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Refutation.

unkx80: Given your W3, the refutation is easy - B4 and B6 turns it into a direct ko.

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Refutation.

For this W3, Black kills with B4 and B6.

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What about this?

I was thinking, what about B2 followed by B4?

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What about this?

For W5, then B6 and B8 kills without ko. If this is the case, then this really improves over your suggested B2.

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What about this?

But there is this W5. If B6, then W7 becomes sente, so W9 lives.

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What about this?

If this B6, then W7 and W9 lives too.


There is a short discussion at /Failure.


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