Another fun life and death problem

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Another fun life and death problem

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I am having fun with some old books available online from the National Diet Library of Japan. :) (See http://dl.ndl.go.jp/search/searchResult ... 1=5&sort2= ). There are some shogi books in there, too.

Here is a fun problem from Suzuki Tamejiro.
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[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X O . O |
$$ . . O . O O O X O X . |
$$ . , . . . X X X X . X |
$$ . . . O . . O X X O . |
$$ . . . . O O . O X . X |
$$ . . . . . . . O X O . |
$$ . . . . . . O X . . X |
$$ . . . . . . O . X X O |
$$ . , . . . . . O O O O |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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Re: Another fun life and death problem

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X O . O |
$$ . . O . O O O X O X . |
$$ . , . . . X X X X 6 X |
$$ . . . O . . O X X O 4 |
$$ . . . . O O . O X 3 X |
$$ . . . . . . . O X O 2 |
$$ . . . . . . O X 5 1 X |
$$ . . . . . . O . X X O |
$$ . , . . . . . O O O O |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ----------------------
$$ . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ . . . . . . O X O . O |
$$ . . O . O O O X O X . |
$$ . , . . . X X X X X X |
$$ . . . O . . O X X . X |
$$ . . . . O O . O X 7 X |
$$ . . . . . . . O X 8 X |
$$ . . . . . . O X 9 0 X |
$$ . . . . . . O . X X O |
$$ . , . . . . . O O O O |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Wc White to play
$$ ----------------------
$$ . . . . . . 5 O 4 2 7 |
$$ . . . . . . O X W 3 O |
$$ . . O . O O O X O X 6 |
$$ . , . . . X X X X X X |
$$ . . . O . . O X X . X |
$$ . . . . O O . O X O X |
$$ . . . . . . . O X X X |
$$ . . . . . . O X . X X |
$$ . . . . . . O 1 X X O |
$$ . , . . . . . O O O O |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]
8 -> 4, 9 -> 2, 10 -> circle
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