KyuExercise210/Attempts

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White lives

BCh If white plays first, he seems to live unconditionally.

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White lives

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White lives

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White lives

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White tenuki

BCh Let's look at what happens when black plays first, starting with W1 in previous diagrams.

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White lives

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White dies

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Ko

BCh So it seems W can tenuki if he is the ko master with B1.

BCh need to do other moves for B.

Dieter: here are a few

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White dies

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White dies

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White dies

BCh This sounds pretty convincing. Maybe we should remove the komaster part from the initial message, then, since it's irrelevant to the problem.

tapir: It is also strictly speaking no proper use of the term (here it is used as ko master = winning the ko) and thus a source of confusion. If a qualifier is needed "X wins the ko" should do the job.


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