Help with a life or death problem

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Help with a life or death problem

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Black to live. I'm stuck on it for several minutes, altough it should be an easy problem

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Re: Help with a life or death problem

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Lay down the important lines on a board, post it, and describe your logic.

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Why do you think it's an easy problem? :)

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I remember this problem. I stumble everytime I see it : D
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Re: Help with a life or death problem

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Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


'a' and 'b' are miai.
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Re: Help with a life or death problem

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Kirby wrote:
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


'a' and 'b' are miai.


tnx a lot !
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