BQM 149
In-game life and death query
Rich: In a game last night, I managed to play
in sente; my opponent thought a group that big (10-12 pts) must be able to live - until I played
.
Did black have a chance at this point? We played it out and couldn't see anything; is 1 also the vital point for black?
Hans: Black seems to die. The only chance for black is to connect at a instead of
and put all his hopes on a seki.
Hans: May be this is a seki. Later I may have more time to examine this.
Rich: Interesting position; I keep coming up with death by rabbit, though...
Dave: This
,
is conceptually incorrect I think. After
White is short of liberties. Black has time to live at a.
f3etoiles No, this dies too :
unkx80: However, it is not known what happens when Black plays at a...
Dieter: Here Black dies either by being cut or rabbity six. But if
at a he lives. I keep reading.
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is conceptually incorrect I think. After
White is short of liberties. Black has time to live at a.
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