Black to Play

logan · Post by **logan** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:24 pm

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm1 Black to play $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X X X . . . . . $$ | . X X X O X . . . , . $$ | . O O X O . X . X . . $$ | . . . O . O . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ ----------------------[/go]

I would like to see how you all evaluate this, then I'll show the source solution. I think you'll find it quite humorous...

speedchase · Post by **speedchase** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:18 pm

logan · Post by **logan** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:43 pm

What about after the throw-in? Does White have any useful forcing moves?

jts · Post by **jts** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:55 pm

logan · Post by **logan** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:16 pm

Right!

There are a couple of possible tricks up White's sleeve, and miai key points & a sacrifice Black has to find.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm1 Solution 1, :b9: @ :w4: $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X X X . . . . . $$ | 0 X X X O X . . . , . $$ | 3 O O X O . X . X . . $$ | 4 1 2 O . O . . . . . $$ | 5 8 6 . 7 . . . . . . $$ ----------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 Cont. 1, $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X X X . . . . . $$ | O X X X O X . . . , . $$ | 2 O O X O 4 X . X . . $$ | 1 . O O 3 O 5 . . . . $$ | . O O . X . . . . . . $$ ----------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm1 Solution 2 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X X X . . . . . $$ | 9 X X X O X . . . , . $$ | 3 O O X O . X . X . . $$ | 4 1 2 O . O . . . . . $$ | 5 0 7 8 6 . . . . . . $$ ----------------------[/go]

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm11 Cont. 1 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . X . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . X X X . . . . . $$ | X X X X O X . . . , . $$ | X O O X O 4 X . X . . $$ | 1 X O O . O 2 3 . . . $$ | X O . O O . 5 . . . . $$ ----------------------[/go]

So let's see the book answer:

Alguien · Post by **Alguien** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:44 pm

One of the reasons I don't do go problems from anything not interactive.

TIM82 · Post by **TIM82** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:44 pm

Which book, if I may ask?

logan · Post by **logan** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:47 pm

TIM82 wrote:Which book, if I may ask?

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Shaddy · Post by **Shaddy** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:54 pm

If it's a 1-5d book, I don't see anything wrong with the book's answer. A 1-5d should be able to see all of those lines with only a little effort.

Alguien · Post by **Alguien** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:06 am

Shaddy wrote:If it's a 1-5d book, I don't see anything wrong with the book's answer. A 1-5d should be able to see all of those lines with only a little effort.

Do you think someone who can see all those lines with little effort really needs the first move to be pointed out?

Otherwise it's not a problem, it's a "look how beautiful are these lines" aesthetic construction.

Shaddy · Post by **Shaddy** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:12 pm

It's possible to miss the first move and go off on a futile reading adventure with some other first move. I almost did that because I thought the first move was too obvious (I thought it'd be a harder problem), but I decided to check it anyway.

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