Basic Ladder Exercise 1 / Solution

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Where the ladder goes

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Solution

White gets 3 liberties and can double-atari any of the laddering stones to destroy black. Note that 3 at 4 also fails as white will get 3 liberties.


Bill: A simple trick that often helps is to remember that there are star points diagonal to each other. If the ladder simply runs a diagonal course, you can project the course from one star point to another.

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B to play



For instance, in this problem the white+circle stone is on a star point. Now let's do the projection.

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B to play



The projection shows us that the ladder does not work.


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