GoChild Problem

[lefuet]

thanks, that's what I thought.

but since I have a blind spot with some techniques and a few beginner problems seemed impossible at first glance I wanted to check

[Hushfield]

These connect and cut problems make me feel like I'm too stupid to play Go. I nailed everything up to them, and now I don't get any.

Oh, don't worry, they're really tough. If you have a bad time with them, you can always work on a different set and come back later. That set and some of the endgame sets are particularly merciless.

I can second that. It seems that correct answers that are just a little bit inferior to the chosen solution are also marked wrong. The connecting and cutting set on gochild is indeed quite unforgiving.

[xed_over]

These connect and cut problems make me feel like I'm too stupid to play Go. I nailed everything up to them, and now I don't get any.

Starting out, I found "connect and capture" and shortage of liberties problems to be difficult to grasp at first--keep practicing and you'll get the hang of it.

I still have problems with the connect and cut problems. Heck, I can't even get past the Entrance level problems.

Its trying to teach me what should be fundamental shapes that I just never learned as a beginner. I'm slowly starting to see and play these shapes in my games.

My favorite cut and connect shape is:

$$B cut and connect 31 (black to play)
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[go]$$B cut and connect 31 (black to play)
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[SoDesuNe]

$$Bc cut and connect 31 (black to play)
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$$ | . . X , . . , . . , . . . |
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$$ | X O X . O . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | O O X . . 1 . O . . . . . |
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Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$Bc cut and connect 31 (black to play)
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . , . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . . O O . . , . . . |
$$ | O O X . . 1 . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . O . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------[/go]

If I'm not mistaken : )