I just had a great capturing race

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I just had a great capturing race

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I just played a game where there was a nice liberty race.
It was a 2 stone handicap game and I played white.

White to move and live with the marked group.


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[go]$$c Capturing race.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . O X X X . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . O . O X X . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . O , O X . X . O . . X X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X . . O X X O O . O . . . |
$$ | . O O . O O . . . O O O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . O X X X . O X X X X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O O X . . O O . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . . . O O X X X O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X X W W X O O O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X W X X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X W X W X O . X . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X W W W X X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . . . X X W W W W X . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O . . . . . . X W . X X X . |
$$ | . O X X X O . X X X X . . X . X O O . |
$$ | . O O O . O . O O O O . X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


solution
Did you solve it ?

here the solution.
(my opponent resigned half way in the variation.)

:b4: @ :w1:
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[go]$$Wc Capturing race.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . O . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . O X X X . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X . O . O X X . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . O , O X . X . O . . X X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X 7 8 O X X O O . O . . . |
$$ | . O O . O O 5 6 9 O O O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . O X X X 3 O X X X X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O O X 1 2 O O . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . . . O O X X X O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X X O O X O O O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O X O X O . X . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . . . X X O O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O . . . . . . X O . X X X . |
$$ | . O X X X O . X X X X . . X . X O O . |
$$ | . O O O . O . O O O O . X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


:b14: @ :w11:
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[go]$$Bcm10 Capturing race.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . 6 . . . . O . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X . . O X X X . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X 3 O . O X X . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . O , O X 2 X 4 O . . X X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X 1 X O X X O O . O . . . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X O O O O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . O X X X O O X X X X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O O X X X O O . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . . . O O X X X O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X X O O X O O O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O X O X O . X . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . . . X X O O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O . . . . . . X O . X X X . |
$$ | . O X X X O . X X X X . . X . X O O . |
$$ | . O O O . O . O O O O . X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


here the final result:
Black is dead (2 vs 3 libs).
Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bcm10 Black is dead.
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . W x . . . O . X X O . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X X x . O X X X . X O O . . . |
$$ | . . . . O X O O . O X X . . X X O X . |
$$ | . . O , O X X X O O . . X X . X O X . |
$$ | . . . . X O X X X O X X O O . O . . . |
$$ | . O O . O O O X O O O O X . . . X . . |
$$ | . X . . O X X X O O X X X X X . X . . |
$$ | . X X X O O X X X O O . . O . O O O . |
$$ | . O . . . O O X X X O . X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . X X O O X O O O . O , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . X O X X O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . X O X O X O . X . O . . |
$$ | . X X O . . . X O O O X X X . . . . . |
$$ | X . . X O . . . X X O O O O X . . . . |
$$ | . X X . X O . . . . o o X O o X X X . |
$$ | . O X X X O . X X X X . . X . X O O . |
$$ | . O O O . O . O O O O . X . O X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O O O O . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: I just had a great capturing race

Post by zinger »

hah 3 times throw in .. kinda cool.
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Re: I just had a great capturing race

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It's not hard to see, but that is a crazy squeeze. I've never seen anything even close to that before.
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Re: I just had a great capturing race

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Very cool, I'm always thrilled when stuff like this turns up in games.
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