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 Post subject: L19 Go Problem Championship: Round 11
Post #1 Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:20 pm 
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Welcome to Round 11 of the L19 Go Problem Championship.

All problems are black to play. As usual, provide your solutions either via hide tags, or direct private message to me.

Problem 1 (3 points)
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[go]$$Bc
$$ ------------
$$ | . . O X X .
$$ | . . . O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]


Problem 2 (6 points)
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[go]$$Bc
$$ -----------------
$$ . . . . X . . . |
$$ . X . X O X O . |
$$ . . X . O . . . |
$$ . . . O , O O . |
$$ . . X O O O X . |
$$ . . X X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]


Problem 3 (9 points)
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[go]$$Bc
$$ | . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . .
$$ | O . . O X . .
$$ | O . . O X . .
$$ | . . . O X . .
$$ | . O . O X . .
$$ | . O . X . X .
$$ | . . O X . . .
$$ --------------[/go]


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Post #2 Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 11:13 pm 
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[go]$$B
$$ -------------
$$ | . . O X X .
$$ | . 1 . O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]
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[go]$$B W dies
$$ -------------
$$ | . 3 O X X .
$$ | 2 1 . O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]
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[go]$$B W dies
$$ -------------
$$ | . 2 O X X .
$$ | 3 1 . O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]
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[go]$$B W dies
$$ -------------
$$ | . 3 O X X .
$$ | . 1 2 O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]
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[go]$$B Ko
$$ -------------
$$ | . 1 O X X .
$$ | . 2 . O X .
$$ | . O O O X .
$$ | O O X X X .
$$ | X X . . . .
$$ | . . . . . .[/go]
:study:
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[go]$$B
$$ -----------------
$$ . . . . X 4 3 . |
$$ . X . X O X O . |
$$ . . X . O 1 2 . |
$$ . . . O , O O . |
$$ . . X O O O X . |
$$ . . X X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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[go]$$B W dies
$$ -----------------
$$ . . . . X . X . |
$$ . X . X O 5 O . |
$$ . . X . O . O . |
$$ . . . O , O O . |
$$ . . X O O O X . |
$$ . . X X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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[go]$$B (a) & (b) seem miai...
$$ -----------------
$$ . . . . X . . . |
$$ . X . X O X O . |
$$ . . X b O 1 a . |
$$ . . . O , O O . |
$$ . . X O O O X . |
$$ . . X X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]
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[go]$$B (c) & (d) miai
$$ -----------------
$$ . . . . X 5 3 . |
$$ . X . X O X O 4 |
$$ . . X d O 1 2 . |
$$ . . . O , O O c |
$$ . . X O O O X . |
$$ . . X X X X X . |
$$ . . . . . . . . |[/go]
:study:
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . .
$$ | O . . O X . .
$$ | O . . O X . .
$$ | . . . O X . .
$$ | . O . O X . .
$$ | . O 1 X . X .
$$ | . . O X . . .
$$ ---------------[/go]
:study:
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[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X . . .
$$ | O . . O X . .
$$ | O 1 . O X . .
$$ | . . . O X . .
$$ | . O . O X . .
$$ | . O . X . X .
$$ | . . O X . . .
$$ ---------------[/go]

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Post #3 Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:39 am 
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Re: Problem 3
I haven't been participating but I could not resist on this problem
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[go]$$Bcm1 The tesuji?
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 6 2 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 5 . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 8 7 4 O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O 3 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 9 O 1 X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm10 The rest? 13 @ 11, 15 @ marked stone
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X 5 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O B O O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | 2 O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X O X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 3 1 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Final position - White is captured in a double snapback
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O X O O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | X O X O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O O O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


:w2: below is also interesting. White tries to create the alternative of an eye in the middle of the board to play/protect the vital point at B5 in sente (in order to live by then connecting at B1). However, :b3: allows Black to play B5. If White tries :w4:, :b5: continues to threaten B5. If White plays "a" instead, Black answers with "b" still threatening B5. If White tries "b" instead, Black plays "a" and can still follow up with B5! Personally I found this more interesting than the tesuji, which I learned from a dull tsumego book. ;-)
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[go]$$Bcm1 Interesting
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 4 a O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O . 5 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . 2 b O X . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O 3 O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O 1 X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


Needless to say, if Kirby has some other clever resource for White, I was too lazy to find it as usual!

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 Post subject: Re: L19 Go Problem Championship: Round 11
Post #4 Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 10:00 pm 
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@EdLee:
Correct on 1 & 2.

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Post #5 Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 10:00 pm 
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@ez4u:
You are correct. Sorry for the late response.

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Post #6 Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 10:04 pm 
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Solutions and updated leader board are given below.

Problem 1


Problem 2


Problem 3


Leaderboard
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  2. EdLee - 85
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  5. Shaddy - 49
  6. hyperpape - 26
  7. mongus - 19
  8. Lanrose - 16
  9. jeromie - 13
  10. ez4u - 9

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