A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Post by Gerlige »

One strong friend of mine showed me this one in local pub. I wasn't able to solve it that time.

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[go]$$ Black to kill!
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | X X X X X . . . .
$$ | . . . O O X X X .
$$ | O X O . X O O X .
$$ | . . . . O . . . .
$$ -------------------[/go]
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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Post by Uberdude »

Special Offer! 2 tsumegos for the price of one! After 25 moves this one ends up as a favourite tsumego I had seen earlier, but who doesn't like a Wagnerian prelude? ;-)

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[go]$$ White to play and live
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O X X O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . X O O . O O X . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , X O . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . X X O . X X |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Post by Yuc4h »

HermanHiddema, you got the right answers for the one I posted. Many great tsumego already in this thread. Nice!
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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Post by Lamp »

HermanHiddema wrote:
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]




What if, instead:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bm7
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O O . . .
$$ | . . 2 O O X X O . ,
$$ | . 3 1 O X . X O . O
$$ | . 4 O X X . X X O .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . .
$$ +--------------------[/go]
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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$W White to play and live unconditionally
$$ +---------------------------------------+
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X . O X X X O X . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . X . O O O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . X . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . O O . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X X O X O . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ +---------------------------------------+[/go]

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Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos

Post by HermanHiddema »

Lamp wrote:
HermanHiddema wrote:
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]




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



Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bm11
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . O O . . .
$$ | . . O O O X X O . ,
$$ | . X X O X . X O . O
$$ | b O O X X 3 X X O .
$$ | . . a O 4 2 5 1 . .
$$ +--------------------[/go]


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