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Re: 3 L&D problems from an ancient Chinese game
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:39 pm
by hiyayang
Spoiler Alert: The diagram below contains answers to previous problems!Problem #3. Level: Difficult
The black group extending from the upper-right corner to center is surrounded. Can it live?
$$Bc Position at move 195, Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X X . X O . O . X X O . O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . . X X O X X |
$$ | . X . O O X X X O . O . X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O O O . O X X . O O . O O . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . X X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . O O . O X . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O . X . X O X O . O X . |
$$ | . . . , O . X O O X X X X X O O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O . X X O O X O O X . |
$$ | . O X . . O . X X O O O O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O X X X O . O X . X O . |
$$ | . O O . O O X O O . . . O . X X O . O |
$$ | . O X . . X X . O X X O . O O . O O . |
$$ | O X X X . . . X O O X X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . O O X . X X . O . O X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X O . O X . . X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . X . |
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[go]$$Bc Position at move 195, Black to play
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$$ | . . . . . . X X . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X X . X O . O . X X O . O O . |
$$ | . . O , X . . X . , . . . . X X O X X |
$$ | . X . O O X X X O . O . X X O . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . O O O . O X X . O O . O O . |
$$ | . . . X O . . . . X X . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O O . O O . O X . |
$$ | . . X . O . . O . X . X O X O . O X . |
$$ | . . . , O . X O O X X X X X O O X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . X X O . X X O O X O O X . |
$$ | . O X . . O . X X O O O O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . . . . . O O X X X O . O X . X O . |
$$ | . O O . O O X O O . . . O . X X O . O |
$$ | . O X . . X X . O X X O . O O . O O . |
$$ | O X X X . . . X O O X X O X O , O . . |
$$ | . O O X . X X . O . O X . X X X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O X O . O X . . X . X O . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . X . X . |
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