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Post #201 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:25 am 
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Let's tackle the harder problem first.

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[go]$$B Black to play and live
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . . . . . O . |
$$ . . O . . O O . . . |
$$ . . . O . X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


It is not obvious, but Black has 1.25 eyes, 0.5 of an eye on the side and 0.75 of an eye in the corner, and has to make another 0.75 of an eye to live. She does this by making 1.5 eyes in the corner.

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[go]$$B Black to play and live
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . 4 . 5 . W . |
$$ . . O 6 1 O O 3 . . |
$$ . . . O 2 X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Stage 1 is to get :b3: and :b5: in place in sente, threatening the :wc: stone.

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


White cannot afford to play atari at 4.

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[go]$$B Life
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X . W 7 |
$$ . . O O . O O X a . |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Black now has and a half eyes in the corner. Added to the half eye on the side gives two eyes for life. ( :b7: could also be at "a".) Why one and a half eyes?

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[go]$$W One eye
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X 1 O X |
$$ . . O O . O O X 2 . |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


:w3: throws in at 1.

White can hold Black to one eye in the corner in gote.

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[go]$$B Two eyes
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X 3 O X |
$$ . . O O . O O X 1 2 |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Black to play can make two eyes in the corner by oshitsubushi, also in gote. :)

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[go]$$B Book solution
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X . W 7 |
$$ . . O O . O O X 8 . |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ . . . . O . X X . . |
$$ . . . . . . X O X . |
$$ . . . . O . X O X . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


In the book White played :w8:. Black gets 5 points in the corner instead of 3, but still she has only one eye.

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[go]$$B Under the stones
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X O . X |
$$ . . O O . O O X X . |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . 7 X 3 |
$$ . . . . O . X X 4 2 |
$$ . . . . . . X O X 5 |
$$ . . . . O . X O X 1 |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


:w6: throws in at 4. :w8: at 2 captures four stones.

After White holds Black to one eye in the corner Black has to pick up half an eye on the side. She does this by an under the stones sacrifice, which is familiar to experienced tsumego solvers.

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[go]$$B Second eye
$$ --------------------
$$ . . . . O . X O . X |
$$ . . O O . O O X X . |
$$ . . . O O X X X X X |
$$ , . . . O O O O O X |
$$ . . . . . . . X X X |
$$ . . . . O . X X W W |
$$ . . . . . . X O 9 . |
$$ . . . . O . X O . . |
$$ . . . . . O O O O O |
$$ , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


:b9: captures the :wc: stones to make the second eye.

I don't know whether Kobayashi père composed this problem or whether it is a famous ancient problem, but it is pretty cool, isn't it? :) Despite the slight flaw of :w8:. First Black encloses the White stone in the corner in sente, with a throw-in if White tries to connect. Then Black makes one and a half eyes with the 1-1 play, threatening to make two eyes with oshitsubushi. And finally Black plays an under the stones sacrifice to pick up half an eye on the side. Poetic! :D

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Post #202 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:53 am 
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I'm back! :D

I just ran across a nice opening problem in an ancient game.

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[go]$$B Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O . O . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


It's easy. :)

At least if you have seen this kind of play before. ;)

Enjoy! :)

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Maybe... ? :scratch: ( Would be nice to see AlphaGo's numbers. :) )
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[go]$$B
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O . O . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . 2 . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Post #204 Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:25 am 
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A while ago..
Kirby wrote:
If it were my game, I'd first try to make white heavy with a peep, and then I'd take territory on the bottom.
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[go]$$Bcm1
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . O . O O O . . . . |
$$ | . . O , O . . . . , . X X X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . X . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . X . 3 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


There are other moves that might give more pressure to black, but I don't seem to have a clear plan as to how to follow up:


Kirby, I thought of you when Ali Jabarin 1p played move 68 in this KGS game today :D :


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Post #205 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:50 am 
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Ed got it right. :)

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[go]$$Bcm23 Last big play?
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O . O . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


When I was 4 kyu, I think that I probably would have played :b23:, as the last big play of the opening. But that is lackadaisical thinking.

The game was played in 1802 between Yasui Chitoku (W) and Sato Shunsaku. Sato played :b23:, below.

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[go]$$Bcm23 Yasui Chitoku (W) - Sato Shunsaku
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . O . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . O . O . , . . . . . , X . . |
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 6 O . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . X . O . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Although :b23: is only a one space extension, it is a dual purpose play, making territory while attacking the White group on the left side. Chitoku jumped out with :w24:. Sato continued the attack with :b25: and :b27:, and still got the two space extension at :b29:. :)

The game record:


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Post #206 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:33 am 
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Here is another Chitoku game, a castle game vs. Honinbo Retsugen (W) :)

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[go]$$Bm31 Retsugen (W) - Chitoku
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . X . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X , X O O 1 . , . . . O O , X . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , 2 . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . 4 . 5 . . . . 3 . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


I confess that I would have missed :b31:. It is a thick play that counters White's thickness. Not much happens on the top side for some time, now.

Retsugen plays :w32: in the bottom right corner and then, after :b33:, is satisfied to have prevented Black from making an ideal enclosure, and takes the big point at :w34:. Skillful play. :)

Chitoku contents himself with the extension to :b35:, and then Retsugen jumps to :w36:, a big whole board move.

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[go]$$Bcm37 What now?
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . X . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X , X O O X . , . . . O O , X . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 5 6 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 . . . . 1 2 . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . O 3 . . . . O . X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Chitoku makes the standard reducing play at :b37: and then takes kikashi in the corner before extending towards the center.

Where did Chitoku play next? (FWIW, I think that it is the only play. :))

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Hi Bill,
This one is difficult for me.
I'm not sure if :w44: is already connected back with his friendly stones LL.
If so, then maybe the turn (a) is big, but maybe slow --
cannot tell if jumping to (b) is better.
Also, if :w44: already connected, then W capping at one point below (b) seems annoying.
And if something like (c) can keep W split, maybe it's big.
Locally, (d) is big but globally maybe not urgent.
Is the cut (e) small ? :)
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[go]$$Wm44
$$ ----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . X . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X , X O O X . , . . . O O , X . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . e O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X a . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X O . . . . X d O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . c . . O . X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #208 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:59 am 
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first a question: why is blocking instead of 32 not good/inferior? It would defend the cutting point. Is it because the thickness is not that good with the open skirt and that white would expose the cut at N16? Or is it that black gets a great point elsewhere?

As for your question:
I'd turn at k6 anytime. Just because I can. And because the lower black group would be harassed badly in white's sphere of influence. It probably still will be harassed badly even with the turn. The turn also gives some support to a N13 cut.

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Post #209 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:04 pm 
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bayu wrote:
first a question: why is blocking instead of 32 not good/inferior? It would defend the cutting point. Is it because the thickness is not that good with the open skirt and that white would expose the cut at N16? Or is it that black gets a great point elsewhere?


Well, I missed :b31:, so I don't know if I am the person to ask about the block. But the cut at F-15 is no big deal. White can just sacrifice two stones. And the bottom looks big to me at this point. FWIW. ;)

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Post #210 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:46 pm 
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bayu got it right. :)

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[go]$$Bcm45 Central turn
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . X X . X . . . . . . O X . X . |
$$ | . X X , X O O X . , . . . O O , X . . |
$$ | . X O O O . . . . . . . O X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . X O . 4 . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X O . 2 3 . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . O X . . . 5 O . X . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O 6 8 7 a . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


The central turn, :b45:, is big. After White's attach-and-extend Black takes kikashi with :b49: and :b51:, which prevents the White clamp at "a". Then :b53: jumps into the center.

Here is the game record.


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Post #211 Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:53 pm 
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Now, at long last, the easy problem from Igo Tsumekata.

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[go]$$W White to play and kill
$$ ----------------
$$ . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . O O X . . . |
$$ . . O X . X . . |
$$ . . O X , X X . |
$$ . . . O . O O . |
$$ . . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]


The first play is kind of obvious. :)

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[go]$$W White to play and kill
$$ ----------------
$$ . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . O O X 2 1 . |
$$ . . O X . X . . |
$$ . . O X 3 X X . |
$$ . . . O . O O . |
$$ . . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]


If :b2:, :w3: leaves a dead shape in the corner, which is familiar to experienced players.

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[go]$$W Dieter's hane
$$ ----------------
$$ . . . 6 3 4 7 . |
$$ . . O O X 5 1 . |
$$ . . O X a X . . |
$$ . . O X 2 X X . |
$$ . . . O . O O . |
$$ . . . O . . . . |
$$ . . . . . O . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]


If :b2:, :w3: is Dieter's hane. Black can prevent the connection, but at the cost of the eye at "a". This is the line in the book.

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Practical problems?

I like this problem because I think that it is practical. Not that it will occur as is in any game, but the idea is important and easy to grasp. :)

There is a school of thought that the best problems are the practical ones, those that come up in real games or are similar to positions that do. That is one reason that it is good to study your own games. The problems that they present are definitely practical. :D

But I also like the idea of thoroughly understanding positions in limited regions of play; like the 7 point corner in the first variation. Now, that position is a practical one to know. But what about this position?

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[go]$$B Nim anyone? (Outer stones alive)
$$ -------------------
$$ . . X O . . X O . .
$$ . . X X X O O O . .
$$ . . . . . . . . . .[/go]


There is a certain charm to the play on these four points. And yes, it is related to the game of Nim. :) I was pleased to discover it a few years ago.

But that is the thing. I discovered it. I have never seen the like in a game, nor do I expect to. And even if it were to occur in a game, the chance that knowing how to play it would be crucial is miniscule. I do think that there is some practical value in seeing the under the stones possibilities, though. :)

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Hi Bill, Thanks for posting these.
I too find shapes like this one very practical.
For reasons you mentioned, and also because the corner shape actually does occur, quite frequently --
It's interesting that a first feeling is W(a) hane to kill ("there's death in the hane"):
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . |
$$ | a X O O O . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . . |
$$ | . . . X O . O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . |
$$ ------------------[/go]
But in your first variation, this placement :w1: also works here:
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . |
$$ | 4 X O O O . . . |
$$ | . X X X O . . . |
$$ | 2 1 7 X O . O . |
$$ | . 3 6 5 . . . . |
$$ ------------------[/go]

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I think that Igo Tsumekata ( http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/861034/36 ) has a lot of practical problems, most of them at the kyu level. However, to read the answers in the text it helps to know the Chinese numerals. ;) With that caveat I can recommend the book. :)

Here is an easy one. And practical, I think. :)

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[go]$$ Black to play
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Enjoy! :)

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Hi Bill,
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O X X X 3 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 5 X X O 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 2 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
( I'm not sure if it's good to first
make the exchanges ( :b1: ... :w4: ) before :b5: ,
or to make the exchange ( :b3: - W@ :b1: ) directly, then :b5: .
I thought since B is going to lose that lib at :b1: anyway,
might as well gain a few points and leave a cut first. :) )


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Bill Spight wrote:
to read the answers in the text it helps to know the Chinese numerals. ;)
Hi Bill,

The Arabic numerals were an excellent invention. :)

Do you happen to know when this book was originally published ?

Very practical -- Thanks.

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EdLee wrote:
Do you happen to know when this book was originally published ?


It was part of a set published in 1901. The father died in 1893. I don't know if there was an earlier edition.

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Without peeking at Ed's answer, here's my solution. That's a nice problem!
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[go]$$ Black to play
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . X , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O O X X X 3 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X 5 X X O 4 . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 1 2 . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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Here is a problem that appears in several sources.

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[go]$$B Black invasion, I
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 5 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 3 O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 9 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


For background, say that Black invades the top left White corner. :w10: plays a two step hane.

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[go]$$Bm11 Black invasion, II
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 1 X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


:b11: descends to the first line, and :w12: connects.

Suppose that Black now tenukis. That yields the problem position. Modern versions strengthen White on the left side, to keep Black contained. Let's do that for the problem diagram.

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[go]$$B White to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


White to play in the top left corner, with what result?

Enjoy! :)

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Bill Spight wrote:
It was part of a set published in 1901. The father died in 1893.
Hi Bill,

Just curious: how did you come across this set (and the website) ?
I see a Mr. Kobayashi (?) and his son(?); was he/were they pro ?
Or Honinbo or other title holders ? :)

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If :w1: hane:
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . , . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . O . . . .
$$ | 1 X . . . X O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . .
$$ ----------------------------[/go]
After :b2: , B lives:
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[go]$$W
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . , . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . O . . . .
$$ | 1 X . . . X O . . . . . .
$$ | . 2 . . . X . . . . . . .
$$ ----------------------------[/go]
The clamp:
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[go]$$W ko ?
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . , . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . O . . . .
$$ | 2 X 3 4 . X O . . . . . .
$$ | . 1 6 5 . X . . . . . . .
$$ ----------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$W ko ?
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . . , . . . .
$$ | . O X X X O O . O . . . .
$$ | 3 X . . . X O . . . . . .
$$ | 4 1 2 . . X . . . . . . .
$$ ----------------------------[/go]

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