BQM 495

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How does black kill this shape?

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black to kill

MarcGaudet is this shape killable?

tapir: No. White has at least two eyes.

tderz:

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black to kill

Only killable if Black was getting 4 moves for free! (imagine an adversarial approach ko with 4 liberties.


Even here, white can live by using the black weakness at a.

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Can white live?

emeraldemon: I think it depends some on the outside, right? Inside, White is dead (EyeVersusNoEyeCapturingRace). Outside:

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Running fight

Marc Gaudet ": Thanks for the help

tderz:

I would not call this a running fight. Secondly, above cutting fight ends bad for White. W7 should be played differently (ladder):

The sequence

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Cutting


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