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Corner Problem of the Day

Post by Charlie »

White to play. What can white do?

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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . X X O O .
$$ | . X X X O O O . .
$$ | . X O O . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]
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Re: Corner Problem of the Day

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Waste ko threats.
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Re: Corner Problem of the Day

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Uberdude wrote:Waste ko threats.


LOL :-)
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Re: Corner Problem of the Day

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[go]$$Wc
$$ +-------------------
$$ | . . . . 2 1 . . .
$$ | . . . . X X O O .
$$ | . X X X O O O . .
$$ | . X O O . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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Re: Corner Problem of the Day

Post by logan »

tenuki? capture two stones? reduce few points?

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ +-------------------
$$ | 0 3 6 2 9 1 5 . .
$$ | . 4 8 7 X X O O .
$$ | . X X X O O O . .
$$ | . X O O . . . . .
$$ | . O . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$Wcm11 :w15: @ :bt:
$$ +-------------------
$$ | X . X X O O O . .
$$ | . X X 1 Y X O O .
$$ | . X X X O O O . .
$$ | 4 X O O . . . . .
$$ | 2 O . . . . . . .
$$ | 3 . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


or if there's position like this, then A:

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O O O . X . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm2
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . Q . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . 1 X X O . . 2 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O O O . X . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm2
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . 4 . 5 8 6 Q . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | 0 7 3 2 X X O . 1 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X X O O O . X . . X . O . . . . . |
$$ | 9 X O O . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . . X . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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$$ | . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |[/go]


or

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[go]$$Wcm1
$$ +-------------------
$$ | . . . . . 1 . . .
$$ | . . . 2 X X O O .
$$ | . X X X O O O . .
$$ | . X O O . . . . .
$$ | 3 O . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . .[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm4
$$ ----------------------
$$ | . 1 . . . O . . . . .
$$ | . . . X X X O O . . .
$$ | . X X X O O O . . . .
$$ | . X O O . . . . . , .
$$ | Q O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X X . . . . . . .
$$ | . 2 . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . .
$$ | . . . O . O X . . O .
$$ | . . X . O X O O . , .
$$ | . . . X X X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -----------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Bcm4
$$ ----------------------
$$ | 6 . 4 . . O . . . . .
$$ | 3 2 . X X X O O . . .
$$ | . X X X O O O . . . .
$$ | 5 X O O . . . . . , .
$$ | Q O . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . 1 X X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . X , . . . . . , .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . .
$$ | . . . O . O X . . O .
$$ | . . X . O X O O . , .
$$ | . . . X X X . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . .
$$ -----------------------[/go]
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