Move one space further with snapback

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Black to play and kill

White has just played white+circle

Black to play and kill

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Black to play and kill

Solution

If White 'a', black will capture three stones with snapback.

B1 uses snapback to move one space further.

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Otherwise, white lives



unkx80: It is not just life and death. This technique is applicable to endgame too.

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Endgame

Black to play.

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Endgame

This is the solution. Note the snapback of B3.

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Endgame

B3 here loses two points.



Problems

  1. [ext] http://www.goproblems.com/prob.php3?id=6350

Author: Jared (7/05)


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