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Offline HermanHiddema
 Post subject: Tsumego from a game
Post #1 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:49 am 
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Today, in a game against another 4 dan, I encountered the following position:

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[go]$$B White to play
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . O O . . X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O X . . X O O O X . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . O X X X . X X O X X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O . . X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O X X X O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . O . . |[/go]


White to play, status of the black group at the top?
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Offline RBerenguel
 Post subject: Re: Tsumego from a game
Post #2 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:15 pm 
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I watched intently for a few minutes kicking my head against "WTF, it has two eyes." Then gave up on reading the continuations of this.

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[go]$$W White to play
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . O O . . X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O X . 1 X O O O X . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . O X X X . X X O X X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O . . X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O X X X O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . O . . |[/go]

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Offline Dusk Eagle
 Post subject: Re: Tsumego from a game
Post #3 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:20 pm 
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Since playing at 'a', getting the response at 'b', then playing :wc: doesn't work, play :wc: directly.
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[go]$$B White to play
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . O O . . X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O X . W X O O O X . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . O X X X . X X O X X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O b a X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O X X X O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . O . . |[/go]

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Offline speedchase
 Post subject: Re: Tsumego from a game
Post #4 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:37 pm 
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Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W White to play
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . O O . 5 X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O X . 1 X O O O X . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . O X X X 3 X X O X X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O 2 4 X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O X X X O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . O . . |[/go]


Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W White to play
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . O O 4 . X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O X . 1 X O O O X . . |
$$ | . X O O . O . O X X X 2 X X O X X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X O 3 5 X O O X O X . |
$$ | . . X . . X . . O X X X O O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O O O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X . O . . |[/go]


I don't see anything good for black after this

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Offline HermanHiddema
 Post subject: Re: Tsumego from a game
Post #5 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:40 am 
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All correct :)

This is the most tsumego-y tsumego position I've ever seen in a real game. It feels constructed :)

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