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Kirby
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by Kirby Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:12 pm
I thought this go problem was interesting:
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be immersed
Dusk Eagle
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by Dusk Eagle Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:03 pm
Is it ko?
$$c
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moyoaji
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by moyoaji Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:14 pm
Alright. Let's look at this. It seems like
is the vital point, but what can white do?
$$c Vital point?
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c Vital point?$$c White fails - shortage of liberties
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c White fails - shortage of liberties$$c White fails - shortage of liberties
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c White fails - shortage of liberties$$c White fails - connect and die
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c White fails - connect and die$$c White fails - still connect and die
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c White fails - still connect and die
Is there anything I am missing?
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by DrStraw Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:22 pm
$$c Black needs to be careful if :w6:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c Black needs to be careful if :w6: $$c This works.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c This works.
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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by Kirby Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:06 pm
DrStraw wrote:
$$c Black needs to be careful if :w6:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c Black needs to be careful if :w6: $$c This works.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c This works.
be immersed
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by moyoaji Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:13 pm
Looks like ko again.
$$c Ko, white cannot take at 'a' or it is self-atari.
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$c Ko, white cannot take at 'a' or it is self-atari.
"You have to walk before you can run. Black 1 was a walking move.
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by DrStraw Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:34 pm
It seems that group think has arrived at the 1p solution - or have we?. Where does the problem come from?
Still officially AGA 5d but I play so irregularly these days that I am probably only 3d or 4d over the board (but hopefully still 5d in terms of knowledge, theory and the ability to contribute).
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by Kirby Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:27 pm
DrStraw wrote: It seems that group think has arrived at the 1p solution - or have we?. Where does the problem come from?
be immersed
is the vital point, but what can white do?