BQM 598
On a 13x13 board, White just played
. Assuming
is safe, can Black live in the upper-right?
White has 2 supporting stones to close to this diagram's upper-left, and one of them is a 4-4 stone in the upper-left corner, so Black attacking White's stones at the top of this diagram can only help to the extent that it helps Black make Black's own life in the upper-right.
fractic: After the game sequence black is not yet dead. You can connect using
. If
then
and white can't cut at a due to lack of liberties.
RickyDemer: Oh, nice. (As you presumably guessed, we both missed that.)
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