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Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Uberdude »

Here is a position from a recent OGS game of mine where my opponent found a devastating tesuji that I had totally overlooked. Can you find it too?

I was black and had just killed the white stones on the lower side, and had ignored his move at tengen to close the top right corner as a "please resign, the game is simply over now" move. The joy of killing had gone to my head and I was feeling a bit cocky in ignoring his maybe-sente peep at tengen. How to punish me?
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O . O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Answer:
L2 and then H1 is the tesuji that gains white a liberty and enables him to win the semeai by 1 move, so I had to let him save his stones, in sente. Oh the pain!

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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Splatted »

My answer before looking at Uberdude's.
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . 7 . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . Y Y 5 6 . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . B B 9 Y O 3 4 . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . B . B O O O X X 8 . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O B B O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O . O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Now black must abondon the circled stones to save the triangled ones.
Edit: Not even close. XD
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Uberdude »

@Splatted
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . 6 . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . Y Y 5 7 8 . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . B B . Y O 3 4 . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . B . B O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O B B O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O . O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Amelia »

I think rather than trying to solve the problem, I'll try to understand the solution, and if I manage even that I'll be quite happy with myself :mrgreen:
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by jts »

So as I understand it, this :w7: is the tesuji:
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O 4 O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O 5 O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 X 3 . . 7 . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And I was looking at that, but what is wrong with connecting?
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O 4 O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O 5 O 9 X 0 X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 X 3 . . 7 8 . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
The liberty situation:
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . 3 2 X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . 7 . X X 1 X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . 6 5 O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O O X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . 4 W X . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Ah, okay. That's nasty.
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Uberdude »

jts wrote:So as I understand it, this :w7: is the tesuji:
Right, and then the descent to h1. Although both have 3 liberties and black is to play he needs an approach move for both a and b so white wins.
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[go]$$Bc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . O X X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X O X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . 2 X 1 X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O b X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O O X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O a X O X . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Splatted »

Uberdude wrote:@Splatted
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[go]$$Wc White to play and save the lower side stones
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . 6 . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . Y Y 5 7 8 . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . B B . Y O 3 4 . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . B . B O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O B B O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O . O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O . O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . X . . . . . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by jts »

Oh, huh - what I was seeing was B at :w4:, W at :b3:, which does something similar with approach liberties - if B doesn't take a liberty with :b3:, I would have just been happy to win the race by one liberty. As a matter of style, I guess that would give B about 3 points in sente, right? Is it totally unreasonable to give up three points to lock in such a huge capture?
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by Uberdude »

@jts

Heh, I didn't notice my move didn't take a liberty so white can just easily capture. So instead 3 at a or indeed 4 as you say, all have the same approach liberty problem. I wouldn't want to let black connect under as it is free points and also then b4 is definitely not sente on the lower left corner. I don't understand what you mean by "lock in". You can surely read both work and one is unconditionally better so why choose the inferior one?
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

Post by jts »

Uberdude wrote:@jts

Heh, I didn't notice my move didn't take a liberty so white can just easily capture. So instead 3 at a or indeed 4 as you say, all have the same approach liberty problem. I wouldn't want to let black connect under as it is free points and also then b4 is definitely not sente on the lower left corner. I don't understand what you mean by "lock in". You can surely read both work and one is unconditionally better so why choose the inferior one?
Well, it's embarrassing to say, but to my mind 4 liberties to 4 liberties is a settled capturing race, beyond question, whereas 4 liberties to 3 liberties plus two approach moves is something that I might have misread.
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

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[go]$$Bcm8 Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O 6 O X X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O 8 X X O X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . 2 X 1 X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . 0 X O O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O O X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O 9 X W X . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 5 3 4 . 7 . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm8 Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . O X X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X O X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . 3 X 1 X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O O X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . X W X . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Bcm8 Black to play
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . O X X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . O . X X O X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . 3 X 1 X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O O X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . X W X . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . 7 . 2 6 4 5 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

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What is worng with these ideas?
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[go]$$Wc Idea 1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X 8 X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O 4 O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O 5 O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 X 3 . . 7 . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
W will need to find a semeia aginst the lower B group. This may be plausible for for W - there is a line with both living, for example.

So maybe my second idea is better:
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[go]$$WcIdea 2
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . 1 . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . 8 O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O 4 O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O 5 O . X . X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 X 3 . . 7 . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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[go]$$Wc idea 2 continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . 5 4 X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X 3 X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O 1 X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X 2 X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O 7 X 8 X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . 6 O . . . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
B seems to win this semeai. Other move orders are possible, but everyhting seems to converge on this diagram eventually. Edit:

ACtually, W will probably play this:

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[go]$$Wc idea 2 continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . 6 . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X . X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O 1 X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X 2 X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O . X 4 X X . X O 8 . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . 5 O 3 7 . X . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
and will live. SO maybe it doesn't work for B after all...

Here's another semeai from the first variation:

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[go]$$Wc Idea 1 fight! :rambo: :rambo: :rambo:
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X X X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O . X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X . X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O . X 2 X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . 3 O 1 5 6 X . X 7 9 |
$$ | . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . 8 . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Idea 1 fight! continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X X X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . 1 O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O 2 X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X 3 X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O . X X X X 0 X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . O O O O X X . X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 X 7 . 6 5 8 9 . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bc Idea 1 fight! moar continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X X X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O O X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X X X O X O 4 O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O 1 X X X X O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O 6 O O O O X X 2 X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . 5 O X X . O 7 O X 3 . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
and I think B wins the ko. W has one ko therat (taking the two stones) but needs 2.

Obviously, I may have misread a stack of things here.
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

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Variation for 10: bigger eye better, no?
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[go]$$Bc Idea 1 fight! continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X X X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . 1 O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O 2 X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X 3 X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O 0 X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . O O O O X X . X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 X 7 . 6 5 8 9 . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: Can you find the tesuji I missed on OGS?

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Can B change the order:
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[go]$$Bc Idea 1 fight! continued
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . O . . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X . O . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . O . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . X . . . O . O . . . X X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . X X X X O . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . X . X O O O X X . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . O X X O X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . O O X X O 2 X O O O O O . . . |
$$ | . . O O . X O X O X 3 X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . . X X . X O O O 1 X X X X . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X X O . O O O O X X . X O O |
$$ | . . . . . . . 4 X . . . 5 . . . . X . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

and it's the same as the line I gave?
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