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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #1 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:25 am 
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EVERYONE IS SOLVING PROBLEMS TOO EASYLY. NOW TRY THIS.
THIS IS RATED 1~4K BUT I THINK IT IS MUCH HARDER THAN THAT.
BLACK TO PLAY
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . . . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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Last edited by Magicwand on Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Offline tchan001
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #2 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:41 am 
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 6 O 7 . . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 5 . 3 . 1 4 2 |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


hm, I think I'm solving this for a 19x19 board where the right side is further out

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Offline flOvermind
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #3 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:50 am 
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tchan001 wrote:
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 6 O 7 . . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 5 . 3 . 1 4 2 |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


hm, I think I'm solving this for a 19x19 board where the right side is further out


Even with a bigger board, I don't see why white should play :w2:. With :w2: at or one point right of :b7:, black still can't escape, and white lives in sente.

As for a solution, I haven't found anything that definitely kills white yet ;)
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Offline tchan001
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #4 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:33 am 
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It's a "Black to play" problem. Meaning it's not necessarily Black to kill. The solution I propose is to make sure Black lives. The solution I played was assuming W tried his hardest to stop Black from living after the first move.

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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #5 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:11 am 
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tchan001 wrote:
It's a "Black to play" problem. Meaning it's not necessarily Black to kill. The solution I propose is to make sure Black lives. The solution I played was assuming W tried his hardest to stop Black from living after the first move.

fyi, object is to live unconditionally.
this is ko. can do better than ko.
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . 4 5 1 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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Offline nagano
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #6 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:53 am 
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Good one. I think this is it:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 4 5 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 2 1 . 6 7 3 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 2 3 . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 4 1 . . . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 4 O 8 2 5 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 1 6 7 . 9 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 5 O . 2 . 7 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 1 4 . 8 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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Last edited by nagano on Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Offline Marcus
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #7 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:00 am 
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I think I got it. Someone correct me, if I'm wrong.

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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 4 O 8 2 5 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 1 6 7 . 9 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 5 O . 2 . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 1 4 . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]



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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O 6 O 2 3 . 4 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 5 1 7 . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm1
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 2 3 . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 4 1 6 7 . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


EDIT: Nagano seems to have the same solution.
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Offline topazg
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #8 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:10 am 
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@magicwand:

For what it is worth, that's no ko :)

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 7 . 4 5 1 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]
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Post #9 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:41 am 
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topazg wrote:
@magicwand:

For what it is worth, that's no ko :)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 7 . 4 5 1 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


That sequence makes me smile. :D Nice!
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Offline Magicwand
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #10 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:51 am 
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topazg wrote:
@magicwand:

For what it is worth, that's no ko :)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 7 . 4 5 1 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

good catch. now it is ko.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . 4 . . 1 . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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Post #11 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:19 am 
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topazg wrote:
@magicwand:

For what it is worth, that's no ko :)

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 7 . 4 5 1 6 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

But W can better directly start the ko at move 4.
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Offline Chew Terr
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Post #12 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:46 am 
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This problem seems solvable, so I must be missing something. =D After this attempt, I looked back and no one has my solution, which is another bad sign~
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 4 6 7 2 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 5 1 . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 4 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . 1 . . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 3 2 4 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . 1 . . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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Offline Marcus
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #13 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:53 am 
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Chew Terr wrote:
This problem seems solvable, so I must be missing something. =D After this attempt, I looked back and no one has my solution, which is another bad sign~
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 4 6 7 2 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 3 5 1 . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 4 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . 1 . . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 3 2 4 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . . 1 . . 5 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


Here's the line I think you're missing:

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . . . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . 2 1 . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


White can force ko.

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Offline Chew Terr
 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #14 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:55 am 
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 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #15 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:19 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm1 Marcus posted the variations
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . . . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . . 1 . . . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

(Assuming I'm right) I didn't think the problem was that hard, but it may have helped that at first I thought it was "Black to kill" before I realized that black only had one eye himself.

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 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #16 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:37 pm 
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Rather long:
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . . . c X O |
$$ | . . . X O . a x y . . b . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


Heuristically, black must aim at the weakness at a, which white will protect allowing black to make an eye. Kinda cheating to think of it that way, but eh. x and y seem to do that. Because of the ko at b, there's really only kinda half an eye in gote around c. So, trying x -

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 5 b a X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 2 1 . 4 . 3 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

Black has lots of external liberties, so it seems to work. Good shot in the dark. 2 @ a white seems to die. 4 at 5, 5 at b white seems to have a shortage of liberties.

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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 6 7 . 2 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 5 1 . . 4 3 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

But what if
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[go]$$Bcm1 Some hijinks
$$ -----------------------------
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O . 3 . 5 X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 4 1 . 2 . . . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm1 4 @ 6, 5 @ a
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 2 3 . . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 6 1 5 4 . a . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm1 4 @ 8, 7 @9 or 4 @ 7, 5 @ 8
$$ -----------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . O O O . . |
$$ | . . O . X X X X X X . O . |
$$ | . . . , X O O O X , X O . |
$$ | . . O X X O . O X X X O . |
$$ | . O . X O . O 6 2 3 . X O |
$$ | . . . X O . 9 1 5 4 7 8 . |
$$ ----------------------------[/go]


That's a lot of diagram writing, I hope I didn't get mixed up somewhere. I miss anything ?

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 Post subject: Re: L & D Series from cyberoro (4K~1K) problem #201
Post #17 Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:32 pm 
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