Life In 19x19

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:31 am**

I'm trying to work through Invincible starting with Shusaku's famous 'ear-reddening' game. After his mistake in the taisha joseki in the lower right one of the possible but bad alternatives for Black is the following diagram:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Bcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . | $$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . O O X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 2 O X X X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X . 7 . . 3 4 . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 5 . 6 . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

What I'm trying to understand now is, what happens in the lower right if Balck tenukis with

. The best for White I can find is a multi-step ko in his favor and the respective line can be found in the hide tags:

Click Here To Show Diagram Code: [go]$$Wcm1 $$ --------------------------------------- $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , X . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X . . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O X O . . | $$ | . . X , X . . . . , . . O O X O O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O O X X X X O . . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . O X 5 2 . . X O . | $$ | . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 X . 4 X a O . | $$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Next ko after Black defends one eye with a move at 'a'. Black has to ignore three ko threats to make his group live.

So, what's your line for White? Or have I found the best?

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:43 am**

Your vital point is mine?

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:54 am**

Of course I considered SoDesuNe's

and

, but not

. Thank you!
Furthermore, my multi-step ko seems not so multi anymore...

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:28 am**

The real issue is the white influence. Shusaku wanted to damage it as much as possible otherwise the game would be over even if he lived.

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