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Magicwand
- Tengen
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by Magicwand »
BLACK TO LIVE.
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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"The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown"
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
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Loons
- Gosei
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by Loons »
I don't see a way to refute black

. It makes one eye solidly, and the other stones have so many liberties I can't see anything for white to try.
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , X X 3 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . O X 2 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . O 5 4 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , X X 3 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . O X 2 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O . |
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Edit: This was the first move for me to consider, becoming sure enough to post it took about 30 seconds. I'm going to feel dumb if I'm wrong ^^
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Marcus
- Gosei
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by Marcus »
$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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[go]$$Bcm1 Prisoners: W=0, B=0
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Seems simple enough. I can't find anything to refute it.
$$Bcm1 Eyes at a and one of b
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X a |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . b 1 |
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[go]$$Bcm1 Eyes at a and one of b
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X a |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . b 1 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . b |
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I don't see how White can attack this effectively. Best effort I get is this:
$$Bcm1 Black still lives.
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[go]$$Bcm1 Black still lives.
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$$ ----------------------------[/go]