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2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

Post by 1986 »

this is from a teaching game i played today with a 1d on KGS

i'm black and i want to kill the square marked chain of white stones in the middle of my two sloppy black groups

black to play and kill

a observer 6d player solved it, so i already know the answer
i think its only one answer maybe u can find a easier way

its pretty tough

the 1d didn't see it so its should be good problem

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[go]$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . X X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O O X . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X O . @ X . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . X . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X O O O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X . O X X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X X O X X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O O X X O O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O O X O O . O X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . X . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


if you do solve it, i would be interested to know how long it took u to solve it
so please post your working time

the 6 dan said it could be solved under 10 minutes at the most
but the 1 dan said its too much reading
for a 30 minute game,
you would waste too much time reading it out

what are your thoughts?


the 6d gave me this problem and a few hints so i'm pretty close to solving it

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[go]$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


its a challenge he said its dan level

black to play & live

Tsumego is fun! :study:
standing still means going backwards
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

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Haven't attempted to solve these yet, just fixing the diagrams. You should leave one line of just $$ after the go diagrams :).

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[go]$$
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . X X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X . O O X . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X O . @ X . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . X . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X O O O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X . O X X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X X O X X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O O X X O O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O O X O O . O X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . X . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O . X O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O X . X . O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X , X O . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . X O O . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

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Thanks I was wondering why my diagrams looked funny
standing still means going backwards
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

Post by 1986 »

here are the answers for the kyu players like me
u gotta hit next game i messed up and created a multigame sgf
so just hit next game to see the solution



i still cant find the solution to the second problem
i been looking at it for a day now
im starting to think there is no solution
he said its from the igo hatsuyoron
so maybe somebody i can look it up
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

Post by unkx80 »

My comments for 1986:

Problem 1

I admit I never solved this problem. However, I'm not entirely convinced of the solution. Please provide variations for the following, thank you.

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . 2 . X X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X 1 O O X . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X O . @ X . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . X . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X O O O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X . O X X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X X O X X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O O X X O O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O O X O O . O X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . X . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . |[/go]


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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . 2 X X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X 1 O O X . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O . . X O . @ X . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . . . . X . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X O O O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X . O X X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X X O X X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O O X X O O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O O X O O . O X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . X . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . |[/go]


Problem 2

The main line of this problem contains more than 20 moves.
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

Post by 1986 »

wow he missed something, i like your variations they kill black completely
well i cant read out easy life, for black,
i guess even 6ds mess up :lol:

so this is to much reading for a actual game with problem # one
it takes to long to read its better to just seek easy life and move on to something else

here is my guess to variation 1

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[go]$$B
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . b 8 9 0 c . . O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O 7 6 2 a X X X O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O X 1 O O X . O O X . . X O . |
$$ | . . . O . O 3 5 X O . @ X . . X . O . |
$$ | . X X O . 4 . . X . X O . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . X O O O O X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X . O X X . X . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . X X O X X . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . O O X X O O X X O O X . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X O O X O O . O X O . , O . . |
$$ | . . O O O O . . X . O O X . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . O . . . O . . . . . . |[/go]
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I'm thinking if white ignores 3 i can live with the Atari to the f16 stone

i made 11-13 a- c not sure how to continue #'s in diagrams

the second variation kills black it takes away a liberty
but im no expert so there is probably a way to spoil my plan


the second problem does have a solution thats interesting
he showed me a few ideas with the position i still have not figured it out

i got the cut so far and i think i found a ko


well back to the games
standing still means going backwards
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

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1986 wrote:i still cant find the solution to the second problem
i been looking at it for a day now
im starting to think there is no solution
he said its from the igo hatsuyoron
so maybe somebody i can look it up
:study:


From the Igo Hatsuyoron? It's almost certainly pro-dan level, then - I'm pretty sure everything in that book (scroll?) is.

I'm not saying don't study it! With a 6d giving you hints, it should be worthwhile, but maybe don't spend more than 1 or 2 hours a day on it (unless you really want to, of course.)
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Re: 2 Tsumegos from a teaching game

Post by unkx80 »

For the second problem, in my opinion:
1. It is an amazing problem on its own.
2. The solution contains move(s) that are not recommended of typical play, therefore I do not think it is a good study problem for typical problems.
3. It requires a lot of careful reading in unexpected places, therefore it is a suitable problem if you want to improve on this area.

For some reason, the solution for this problem seems to be hardwired in my brain. So here it is, if you want to peek. Main line only.

SPOILER - SOLUTION FOR PROBLEM 2 - SPOILER
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[go]$$B Solution
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . O . X O O . . . . . .
$$ | . O X . X . O . . . . .
$$ | . . X 9 X O . . . , . .
$$ | . . X O O 1 2 . . X . .
$$ | . . . 5 6 3 4 . . . . .
$$ | . . . 7 8 0 . . . . . .
$$ ------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$B Solution
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . O 7 X O O . . . . . .
$$ | . O X . X . O . . . . .
$$ | 6 5 X X X O . . . , . .
$$ | 4 9 X O O . O . . X . .
$$ | 2 3 8 X O . O . . . . .
$$ | . 1 0 X O O . . . . . .
$$ ------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$B Solution
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . .
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . O . O . . . . . .
$$ | . 3 O . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . O X X O O . . . . . .
$$ | 2 O X . X . O . . . . .
$$ | O X X X X O . . . , . .
$$ | O X X O O . O . . X . .
$$ | O X O . O . O . . . . .
$$ | 1 X O . O O . . . . . .
$$ ------------------------[/go]
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