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 Post subject: Re: Yithril vs. Magicwand
Post #61 Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:45 pm 
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Isn't white getting too much thickness on the left? And the sequence Yithril has planned ends in gote, so even worse?

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Post #62 Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:47 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X 2 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #63 Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:49 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #64 Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:37 pm 
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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
i think white is ok so far.
i will let him make next decision and act accordingly.

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Post #65 Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:13 pm 
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These are the two moves I am considering for black.
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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X 5 . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . 5 . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #66 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:47 am 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Sorry I actually forgot about the game. Hope you're still there!
Sorry about that, had a lot of stuff to take care of. I'm going to reinforce the right side. The upper left is a ko.

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Post #67 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:06 pm 
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i am still here.
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[go]$$Bcm31 Prisoners:
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
probe..
i will make my invasion after he decide how to attack my probe.

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Post #68 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:17 pm 
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@Magicwand
Where would you have played :b35: ?


@Yithril
What were some other contenders for :b35: ?

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Post #69 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:08 pm 
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white has a lot of aji in the bottom right... For example later on Of course black could probably defend better but these are just examples

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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X 9 . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 7 . 3 2 . . . . 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . 6 . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X 7 . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 5 . 3 2 . . 8 . 6 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #70 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:27 pm 
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What he played is good
But I would play is Q14. It is not necessary better but I would have harder time to find invasion point

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Magicwand,
Magicwand wrote:
But I would play is Q14.
Q14 = :b35:. Did you mean R14?

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Post #72 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:47 pm 
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Ko in the upper left corner:

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$$ --------------------------
$$ | . 5 . . . . . . . . .
$$ | 4 1 3 X . . . . . . .
$$ | . 2 6 X O . O . . . .
$$ | 8 X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | 7 X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


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$$ --------------------------
$$ | . O . 1 4 . . . . . .
$$ | X O O X 2 3 . . . . .
$$ | . X X X O . O . . . .
$$ | X X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | O X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | 5 O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


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Post #73 Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:10 am 
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Magicwand,
Magicwand wrote:
But I would play is Q14.
Q14 = :b35:. Did you mean R14?

sorry i was using my android to reply and screen was too small :)
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . B . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

i can not say this is better for black but i would have headache to find a way to invade with this shape.
shape is something that i am not used to so invasion point is not obvious to many.

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Post #74 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:30 pm 
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$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . X O O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . X . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . , . . . . O , X . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . . O . . X . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


@Loons
The one space jump was the only move that appeared in my mind.

Pincer seems perfectly natural here.

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Post #75 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:32 am 
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[go]$$W
$$ --------------------------
$$ | . 4 . . . . . . . . .
$$ | 5 1 2 X . . . . . . .
$$ | . 3 . X O . O . . . .
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | 6 X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


Any mileage in this way?

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Post #76 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:32 am 
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Wouldn't White then continue with 7, forcing Black into a less advantageous ko than before?

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[go]$$W
$$ --------------------------
$$ | . 4 . . . . . . . . .
$$ | 5 1 2 X . . . . . . .
$$ | 8 3 7 X O . O . . . .
$$ | 9 X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | 6 X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]

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Post #77 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:43 am 
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Quite right. I was thinking Black has miai, but he should probably take :w7: in yours first.

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[go]$$W
$$ --------------------------
$$ | . 4 . a . . . . . . .
$$ | 5 1 2 X . . . . . . .
$$ | . 3 6 X O . O . . . .
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


Because of "a", I'm struggling to see how White can restrict Black's liberties enough to create a ko..

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Post #78 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:00 am 
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This should work, it seems:
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[go]$$W
$$ --------------------------
$$ | . 4 . 7 . . . . . . .
$$ | 5 1 2 X 8 9 . . . . .
$$ | . 3 6 X O . O . . . .
$$ | . X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ --------------------------
$$ | . X . O 1 . . . . . .
$$ | O O X X X O . . . . .
$$ | . O X X O . O . . . .
$$ | 2 X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


Edit: Never mind, this does not work ... hmm

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Post #79 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:02 am 
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Are you sure?

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$$ --------------------------
$$ | a X b O 1 . . . . . .
$$ | O O X X X O . . . . .
$$ | . O X X O . O . . . .
$$ | 2 X X O . . . . . X .
$$ | 3 X O O . . . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$[/go]


Now what? White can't play at "a", and so after "b" Black is unconditionally alive?

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Post #80 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:03 am 
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Just realized this myself :D

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