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Author:  Charlie [ Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:10 am ]
Post subject:  1001 L&D Problems #91

In 1001 Life and Death Problems, by R. Bozulich, problem 91 looks as follows:

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


Black to play and live.

Why doesn't 'a', below, work? (The correct answer is given as 'b' with the comment that it is bad shape but the only way to live.)

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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X b a X O O .
$$ | . O X O . . X X O .
$$ | . . X . X . . X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


Answer to my own question:

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

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Author:  Boidhre [ Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1001 L&D Problems #91

a leads to a very nasty shortage of liberties a bit further on if white plays E2. Being distracted by kids and haven't been playing lately so I could be wrong.

Author:  Bill Spight [ Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1001 L&D Problems #91

What bad shape? ;)

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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X . . X O O .
$$ | . O X W . . X X O .
$$ | . . X . X . C X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


Looking for potential eyes, we see the :ec: point and the :wc: stone. OC, we have to capture the :wc: stone first.

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[go]$$Bc Diagonal
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X 1 2 X O O .
$$ | . O X W . 3 X X O .
$$ | . . X . X . C X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


:b1: is played on the diagonal of :wc:, to prevent the eye from becoming false. :b3: is on the diagonal of :ec:.

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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X 1 3 X O O .
$$ | . O X W 4 2 X X O .
$$ | . . X . X 5 C X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


If White counters with :w2: on the diagonal of :ec:, Black just manages to capture it and live.

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[go]$$Bc Wrong way
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X 4 2 X O O .
$$ | . O X W 1 3 X X O .
$$ | . . X . X . C X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


:b1: is the wrong way to capture, as :w4: can make the :wc: eye false.

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[go]$$Bc Careless error
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X . 1 X O O .
$$ | . O X W 3 . X X O .
$$ | . 2 X 4 X 5 C X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


If White carelessly answers :b1: with :w2:, Black lives with :b3: and :b5:. :)

Author:  Unusedname [ Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1001 L&D Problems #91

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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O O O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X O O . . ,
$$ | . O O X b a X O O .
$$ | . O X O . . X X O .
$$ | . . X . X . . X O .
$$ +---------------------[/go]


just an observation

you say b is bad shape but to me it looks like a is the bad shape.

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


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

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