How about this? Looks good for W to me.

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

I surrender

After comparing the outcomes of P6 and Q7, drmwc`s move seems to be at least a valid alternative. Now which of the both alternatives is the better one? I am not able to decide


And I propose a new problem position to make sure the tesuji at P6 is the best move:
(Allthough white is loosing in this new position already

Thanks to everybody helping to improve the problem.

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[go]$$c
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O X X O . O . O X . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . O . O X O O . O O X . |
$$ | X . X O . . O . . . O X X O . O X . . |
$$ | . X X O . O . . . , . . X O O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O O O . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . X . . . X . X O . X . . . |
$$ | . X . . . . . . X . . X . X X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O . . X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . X . B . O . X . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . X . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . O . . X . X . . . . X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Ok. It's always a strong statement to say that there is only one good move.

Anyway, thanks for the problem.

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be immersed

I guess why my move is duff comes to a comparison of:

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

against:

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

It's an interesting question.

- Black seems to have more forcing moves in the centre in the second diagram.
- Black's shape in the lower right corner is worse in the second diagram.
- The lower side is more open in the first diagram.

On balance, my preference (for White) is for the first diagram. However, if a strong bot says the second is best, it's more likely to be correct than me.

Thanks for the problem - it was fun.

Worth repeating.

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Everything with love. Stay safe.

Only one move ...

... should be the aim of a good problem probably? I failed in my first try

... if a strong bot says ...

funny thing is the strong bots don`t agree with each other most of the time. Even if they are about the same strength.

-> there is no absolute truth in go