Page 1 of 1
Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:21 am
by bgnalm
Black to live. I'm stuck on it for several minutes, altough it should be an easy problem
((;GM[1]FF[4]AP[Drago:4.21]SZ[19]CA[UTF-8]AB[ab][bb][cc][cd][db][eb]AW[ad][be][ce][dd][dc][ec][fc][fb][fa][cb])
Re: Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:05 am
by shapenaji
Lay down the important lines on a board, post it, and describe your logic.
What's the first move you considered, why didn't it work?
Re: Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:11 am
by Bill Spight
Why do you think it's an easy problem?

Where is Black's second eye?
Re: Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:52 am
by SoDesuNe
I remember this problem. I stumble everytime I see it : D
Re: Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:35 am
by Kirby
$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
'a' and 'b' are miai.
Re: Help with a life or death problem
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:48 am
by bgnalm
Kirby wrote:$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------
- Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$c Black: 0 White: 0
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . 1 b 2 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | X X C X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | a . X O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | O 3 X O . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
'a' and 'b' are miai.
tnx a lot !