Problem	265
Created	2000-11-06
Source	jiang mingjiu
Rating

Difficulty	2 kyu
Average Solve Time	35 secs
User Attempts	832 / 4658
Solve Ratio Rating	1 dan
	rating history

during a lession with ming jiu, he popped this deceptively tricky life and death puzzle in front of us to solve on the spot. only managed the obvious ko before he showed us the answer.

(;GM[1]FF[3] SZ[19]KM[0.5] PW[pakpakpak] WR[4k*] PB[adum] BR[5k*] DT[2000-10-31] SY[Cgoban 1.9.8];AW[ip][cq][dq][eq][ar][br][fr][ir] AB[bp][cp][dp][ep][bq][fq][gq][gr] (;B[ds] (;W[er] (;B[es];W[fs] (;B[cr]C[RIGHT yeah, baby ]) (;B[gs];W[cs] (;B[cr];W[dr]) (;B[dr];W[cr]) ) ) (;B[fs];W[es] (;B[cr];W[gs] (;B[hs];W[hr]C[ko ]) (;B[hr];W[hs]) (;B[dr];W[cs]) (;B[bs];W[hr] C[you've only captured two stones, sonny (and in gote if white will play ko) ]) ) (;B[gs];W[cs] (;B[dr];W[cr]) (;B[cr];W[dr]) ) ) (;B[cr];W[dr];B[cs];W[bs]) (;B[cs];W[cr] (;B[fs];W[es] (;B[bs]C[seki ]) (;B[gs];W[bs]) ) (;B[es];W[fs]) ) (;B[bs];W[cr];B[cs];W[fs]) ) (;W[dr]C[no good for white ];B[fs] (;W[es];B[er]) (;W[er];B[es]) ) ) (;B[er];W[dr] (;B[fs];W[ds] (;B[bs];W[cs]) (;B[cs];W[bs]) ) (;B[es];W[ds];B[fs];W[cs]) ) (;B[cr];W[dr] (;B[cs];W[bs] (;B[ds];W[es]) (;B[es];W[ds]) ) (;B[ds];W[cs]) ) (;B[fs];W[ds] (;B[er];W[dr];B[cs];W[bs]) (;B[es];W[dr]) ) (;B[cs];W[es] (;B[cr];W[dr] (;B[bs];W[ds];B[aq];W[as];B[cs];W[fs]) (;B[gs];W[bs];B[fs];W[ds]) ) (;B[ds];W[dr] (;B[bs];W[cr] (;B[gs];W[as] (;B[cs];W[fs]) (;B[fs];W[cs]C[ko ]) ) (;B[aq];W[as]) ) (;B[gs];W[bs];B[fs];W[cr];B[er];W[ds]) ) (;B[bs];W[cr] (;B[dr];W[ds]) (;B[ds];W[dr];B[gs];W[as] (;B[cs];W[fs]) (;B[fs];W[cs]C[ko ]) ) ) (;B[gs];W[bs] (;B[ds];W[dr]) (;B[fs];W[ds] (;B[dr];W[cr];B[er];W[fr]) (;B[cr];W[dr]) (;B[er];W[cr]) ) ) (;B[dr];W[cr] (;B[ds];W[bs]) (;B[bs];W[ds]) (;B[gs];W[bs];B[fs];W[ds];B[er];W[fr]) ) ) (;B[es];W[ds] (;B[dr];W[er] (;B[cs];W[cr] (;B[ds];W[bs]) (;B[fs];W[bs]) ) (;B[fs];W[gs]) ) (;B[er];W[dr] (;B[cs];W[fs]) (;B[fs];W[cs]) ) ) (;B[dr];W[er] (;B[cr];W[ds]) (;B[es];W[fs] (;B[ds];W[cr]) (;B[cr];W[ds] (;B[gs];W[cs]) (;B[cs];W[bs]) ) ) ) )