One strong friend of mine showed me this one in local pub. I wasn't able to solve it that time.
$$ Black to kill! $$ | . . . . . . . . . $$ | X X X X X . . . . $$ | . . . O O X X X . $$ | O X O . X O O X . $$ | . . . . O . . . . $$ -------------------
[go]$$ Black to kill! $$ | . . . . . . . . . $$ | X X X X X . . . . $$ | . . . O O X X X . $$ | O X O . X O O X . $$ | . . . . O . . . . $$ -------------------[/go]
Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:35 pm
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?
$$ White to play and live $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 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]$$ White to play and live $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . 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]
Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:27 am
by Yuc4h
HermanHiddema, you got the right answers for the one I posted. Many great tsumego already in this thread. Nice!
Re: A Thread for particularly nice tsumegos
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:42 am
by Lamp
HermanHiddema wrote:
$$Bm7 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 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 . . . . . . $$ +--------------------
[go]$$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:
$$Bm7 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . O O . . . $$ | . . 2 O O X X O . , $$ | . 3 1 O X . X O . O $$ | . 4 O X X . X X O . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . $$ +--------------------
[go]$$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]
$$Bm7 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . 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 . . . . . . $$ +--------------------
[go]$$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:
$$Bm7 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . O O . . . $$ | . . 2 O O X X O . , $$ | . 3 1 O X . X O . O $$ | . 4 O X X . X X O . $$ | . . . O . . . . . . $$ +--------------------
[go]$$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]
$$Bm11 $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . . . . . . $$ | . . . . . 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 . . $$ +--------------------
[go]$$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]
And white cannot defend at a, because then everything would be captured with b