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 Post subject: Find Shusaku's Move
Post #1 Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:54 am 
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An interesting problem from a Shusaku - Shuwa game. Shuwa was prepping Shusaku as heir to the Honinbo house. Shusaku was black in this game, and had the game in the pocket. Move 140 was a final test of Shuwa for Shusaku. The left side is dead, but only if you answer correctly.

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This keeps white dead.

If white takes the two stones, black cuts him off with :b2:.
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Wrong answer:
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This looks good, but it's wrong.

Find finds a second eye and lives.
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