Life In 19x19

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:03 pm**

With my comments:

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:13 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:05 am**

How do I play after the double hane on S14? I really wanted to play it, but I was worried about being cut at R14, and I didn't see any valuable options after that.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:21 am**

The double hane doesn't look great to me in this situation, actually. Not bad, either, though. The usual continuations (when the marked group is short of liberties) are like this:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ $$ ------------------ $$ . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . X . . . . | $$ . X . . . . X . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . 3 1 . | $$ . . . . . . X O 2 | $$ . . . . . X W . . | $$ . . . . . X W . . | $$ . . . . . X W . . | $$ . . . . . . X O O | $$ . . . . . . X X . | $$ . . . . . . . X . | $$[/go]

and white is sealed in, or

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$ $$ ------------------ $$ . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . . . . . . | $$ . . . . X . . . . | $$ . X . . . . X c . | $$ . . . . . . . 4 . | $$ . . . . . . 2 1 a | $$ . . . . . 3 X O . | $$ . . . . . X W 5 . | $$ . . . . . X W . . | $$ . . . . . X W b . | $$ . . . . . . X O O | $$ . . . . . . X X . | $$ . . . . . . . X . | $$[/go]

and, when white captures at a, black captures 5 stones with b. White will then have to look for eyes with c, but this chops down black's corner. I haven't counted to see which result is better.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:29 pm**

Oh, I see.

Thanks for the comments!

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