A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Yuc4h · Post by **Yuc4h** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:47 am

Since solving life and death is one of the primary ways of improving your game, I would like to have a thread of inspirational tsumegos. Those that left you with a particularly satisfied feeling when you finally managed to solve it. I will start by posting the tsumego that inspired me to start this thread.

Edit: Yeah, black to live unconditionally.

rlaalswo · Post by **rlaalswo** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:34 pm

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This problem is from Kweon O-min 5p's creative tsumego book 神技妙手(Shin gi myo su).
Took me a full week to solve.
edit : sorry guys it's black to play first and kill white

Lamp · Post by **Lamp** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:40 pm

I dont see in either of these yet whether its white to play or black to play. It doesnt always make a difference, as often the killing point for one is the living point for the other, but thats not always the case.

jts · Post by **jts** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:50 pm

Lamp wrote:I dont see in either of these yet whether its white to play or black to play. It doesnt always make a difference, as often the killing point for one is the living point for the other, but thats not always the case.

Try solving for both!

rlaalswo · Post by **rlaalswo** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:57 pm

Lamp wrote:I dont see in either of these yet whether its white to play or black to play. It doesnt always make a difference, as often the killing point for one is the living point for the other, but thats not always the case.

I edited my post, its black to play first and kill white

Yuc4h · Post by **Yuc4h** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:08 pm

In my problem, it is not particularly challenging to read how white would kill black. If it was white to play, more or less every move by white will kill black instantly

I was just thinking what would be the most retarded way for white to kill black. In this case white can kill black by playing C5

gogameguru · Post by **gogameguru** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:12 pm

This is one of my favourites. I feel happy just imagining these moves being played out. It's artistry.

Solutions

rlaalswo · Post by **rlaalswo** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:12 am

should I or should I not attach solutions?

HermanHiddema · Post by **HermanHiddema** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:46 am

Yuc4h wrote:Since solving life and death is one of the primary ways of improving your game, I would like to have a thread of inspirational tsumegos. Those that left you with a particularly satisfied feeling when you finally managed to solve it. I will start by posting the tsumego that inspired me to start this thread.

Edit: Yeah, black to live unconditionally.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . 4 O . . . $$ | . . . O O 3 X O . , $$ | . . . O X . X O . 2 $$ | . . 6 5 X . 1 X O . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . $$ +--------------------[/go]

is necessary to prevent black from escaping to the right.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bm7 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 4 . . O O . . . $$ | . 6 3 O O X X O . , $$ | . 2 1 O X . X O . O $$ | . 5 O X X . X X O . $$ | . 7 . O . . . . . . $$ +--------------------[/go]

is the key move

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm14 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . O . . O O . . . $$ | . O . O O X X O . , $$ | . O . O X . X O . O $$ | 1 X O X X 4 X X O . $$ | . X . O 5 3 6 2 . . $$ +--------------------[/go]

White cannot connect, black makes an eye.

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm14 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . O . . O O . . . $$ | . O . O O X X O . , $$ | . O 3 O X . X O . O $$ | 4 X O X X . X X O . $$ | . X 2 O . . . 1 . . $$ +--------------------[/go]

Black makes an eye in the corner

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wm14 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . O . . O O . . . $$ | . O . O O X X O . , $$ | . O 3 O X . X O . O $$ | . X O X X . X X O . $$ | . X 1 O 2 . . 4 . . $$ +--------------------[/go]

Living eyeshape.

HermanHiddema · Post by **HermanHiddema** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:13 am

Here's on I like:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . O . O O O | $$ , . O . . . O X X X | $$ . X X O O O X X O . | $$ . . . X X O X O O . | $$ . . . . . X . . . . | $$ --------------------+[/go]

p2501 · Post by **p2501** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:32 am

HermanHiddema wrote:Here's on I like:

$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . O . O O O |
$$ , . O . . . O X X X |
$$ . X X O O O X X O 5 |
$$ . . . X X O X O O . |
$$ . . . . . X 1 2 3 4 |
$$ --------------------+

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . O . O O O | $$ , . O . . . O X X X | $$ . X X O O O X X O 5 | $$ . . . X X O X O O . | $$ . . . . . X 1 2 3 4 | $$ --------------------+[/go]

Like this?

HermanHiddema · Post by **HermanHiddema** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:55 am

p2501 wrote:
HermanHiddema wrote:Here's on I like:

$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . O . O O O |
$$ , . O . . . O X X X |
$$ . X X O O O X X O 5 |
$$ . . . X X O X O O . |
$$ . . . . . X 1 2 3 4 |
$$ --------------------+

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . O . O O O | $$ , . O . . . O X X X | $$ . X X O O O X X O 5 | $$ . . . X X O X O O . | $$ . . . . . X 1 2 3 4 | $$ --------------------+[/go]

Like this?

Yes.

is the key move. Many people find it counter-intuitive and have trouble finding it. I've seen strong dan players take way too long on such a small problem

Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:59 am

That tesuji on move 49 would have won this game, which also featured a fun triple ko at the end.

http://www.online-go.com/games/board.php?boardID=359405

Bill Spight · Post by **Bill Spight** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:07 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B Black to play and kill unconditionally $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . O . O O O | $$ , . O . . . O X X X | $$ . X X O O O X X O . | $$ . . . X X O X O O . | $$ . . . . . X . . . . | $$ --------------------+[/go]

Like this?

gowan · Post by **gowan** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:29 am

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$B 19x19 diagram White to Play and Kill $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O O X X X . O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O X . . . X O . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . O . O X . X O X O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . X O X O . O X O . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . X . . . . X O . . . . . . . . . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

This is from Nakayama's Treasure Chest Enigma. He says that no pro he showed it to could solve it, but it's not difficult for kyu players.

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