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Author:  Bill Spight [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:05 am ]
Post subject:  Redstone tsumego problem 1

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[go]$$B Black to play
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


Enjoy!

All captures are made with red stones, which are immortal. A player may capture a stone or stones of either color, or both, with one play.

Author:  Dusk Eagle [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Redstone tsumego problem 1

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . O . . . . .
$$ | 1 2 3 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]

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

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[go]$$B If white 'a', then black :b1:. Black will\nform a dead shape using red stones.\nIf white tenukies, black fills the outside.
$$ ------------------
$$ | a O . O . . . . .
$$ | 1 3 2 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]

Author:  Bill Spight [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Redstone tsumego problem 1

Edit: I missed this at first. The problem is well cooked. ;)

Edit: Not much point in hiding things now. The problem is cooked, as is my goose. ;)

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


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[go]$$B Life!
$$ ------------------
$$ | O O O O X . . . .
$$ | . + . O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]



Edit: Wrong! As DuskEagle and topazg knew. The White stones are coptured, too. See later post.
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But

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | 2 O 3 O . . . . .
$$ | 1 . . O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


Or

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | 2 O . O . . . . .
$$ | 1 3 . O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


My solution:

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O 2 O . . . . .
$$ | 3 . 1 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . O . . . . .
$$ | 2 3 1 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


I also missed this:

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . O . . . . .
$$ | 3 1 2 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . O . . . . .
$$ | 2 1 3 O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


And this, which does not work:

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O 1 O 3 . . . .
$$ | 2 . . O X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


Yielding:

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . O . . X . . . .
$$ | O . + . X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]

Author:  cyclops [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Redstone tsumego problem 1

Not sure this problem belongs to "Improve Your Game". I propose a new chapter "Deviant Go". Why? Because I didn't remember Redstone as a form of deviant go so I started to solve Bill's problem as a straight go problem and I got confused because I got slowly convinced that it is clearly alive.

Author:  topazg [ Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Redstone tsumego problem 1

Bill, in Redstone there is mutual capture, so in your diagram here:

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


:w6: actually leads to:

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[go]$$B
$$ ------------------
$$ | . . . . X . . . .
$$ | . + . . X . X . .
$$ | O O O X X . . . .
$$ | . X X , . . . . .
$$ | . . . X . . . . .
$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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