LeatherScrollProblem79/Attempts

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This is the solution found in my copy of the XianJiWuKu (in SGF format).

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I'm posting this here in 'Attempts' because I don't think it works:

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Since there is no way for black to make two eyes inside the white group or win the semeai, I'm sure black can't kill in this position. I don't think there's a way to make seki either, so this can't be the winning line. --gnostic?


1 here looks pretty promising, so let's start with that.

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1 2 3 still looks good, 4 is necessary.

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5 and 6 look logical

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w 7 b 8 looks interesting.

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But it looks like the best black can get from this is a really tough ko:

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I'm not sure what kind of working line black has here, so I will note the similarity to LeatherScrollProblem74 and come back to this later. --gnostic?


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