I played this game against Gerd Mex, who is german 2-dan, on KGS with 3 HC, so I thought I would lose badly. However he messed up a little and I went lucky, when capturing his side group and in the end winning the game.:-) The sequence shows black playing more or less like in the actual game, in fact there seems to be a better way of playing for him than this. I have added the marked stones so that white still would be able to get a favorable result. Thanks to Jannik Rasmussen, 4dan, for showing me my error. :-)
Author Cow Created 2009-08-17
Difficulty 7 dan (history) Source KGS. Hase (me) against gerd (Gerd Mex)
AVG solve time 72 sec Stars 4  (2 votes)
User attempts 51 / 242 Collections N/A
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Created 2009-08-17
Source KGS. Hase (me) against gerd (Gerd Mex)
Stars 4  (2 votes)
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
2023-06-21 03:51:57 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
2018-07-12 08:29:25 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
2018-06-05 09:09:15 Failed B9 B12 A11
2016-12-16 02:31:35 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 A14 B13 A13 A10 A12
2016-12-15 03:47:54 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 A14 B13 A13 A10 A12
2015-09-16 11:44:45 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
2015-09-15 15:51:44 Failed B12 B9 D10
2015-07-20 04:11:20 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
2015-05-23 15:58:30 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
briv 2015-03-15 20:13:26 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
2013-10-07 10:44:56 Failed B9 B12 A11
—´000 2012-03-18 04:43:48 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
—´000 2012-03-18 04:43:24 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
2012-03-13 04:58:24 Failed
Spica 2012-02-26 15:19:12 Failed B12 B9 B13
2012-02-23 06:05:48 Failed B10
thanush 2012-01-07 06:50:50 Failed B9 B12 A13
krt 2012-01-05 02:50:54 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
krt 2012-01-05 02:50:35 Failed
2011-09-18 02:11:16 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 C11 B10 E11 A11
Athanatos 2011-08-07 03:57:42 Failed B9 B12 A11
2011-06-19 18:33:52 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-19 08:59:27 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-19 08:03:31 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-19 05:02:57 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-19 00:55:02 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
2011-06-15 09:59:34 Failed B10
2011-06-07 21:06:41 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-07 21:06:09 Failed E11 B9 D10 B11 D12 C12
2011-06-06 02:59:38 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-06-05 23:00:27 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
2011-06-05 00:01:10 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B8
2011-06-01 19:26:31 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-05-22 07:18:52 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
Field Mouse 2011-03-30 16:25:10 Failed B10
2011-03-11 07:21:50 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-03-11 06:46:48 Failed E11 B9 D10 B11 D12 C12
2011-02-20 10:42:04 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
2011-02-15 15:31:49 Failed B9 B12 C12
2011-01-10 21:45:16 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2011-01-10 21:45:06 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2010-12-14 23:31:49 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
frostburn 2010-11-09 09:05:11 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
frostburn 2010-11-09 09:04:01 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
2010-08-23 04:25:15 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2010-05-11 21:44:18 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
Piccolo 2010-03-06 09:50:52 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 A14 B13 A13 A10
Piccolo 2010-03-06 09:42:22 Failed B9 B12 E11 D12 A14 A13 C14 B10 B13
Piccolo 2010-03-05 03:53:06 Failed B9 B12 E11 D12 A14 A13 C14 B10 C11 A10 B11
dischord 2010-03-02 15:56:19 Failed B9 B12 A14
2010-01-02 13:51:48 Failed E11 B9 D10 B11 D12 C12
whendrik 2009-12-19 08:34:11 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
whendrik 2009-11-18 14:28:50 Failed A5
whendrik 2009-11-18 14:17:20 Failed B9 B12 A13
whendrik 2009-11-13 13:43:07 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
2009-11-12 07:39:45 Failed B10
2009-11-01 14:15:18 Failed E11 B9 D10 B11 D12 C12
2009-10-28 23:08:12 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
alexandrk 2009-10-28 08:44:06 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2009-10-18 22:45:25 Failed B10
Field Mouse 2009-09-23 00:50:43 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
2009-08-20 06:07:27 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
BartTM 2009-08-19 04:08:20 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
Bleedo 2009-08-18 21:58:11 Failed A3
2009-08-17 23:11:10 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 B13 A13 A12 A11 A10 D12 E11
2009-08-17 10:19:03 Failed B9 B12 C12
Count Result Path
17 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
6 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 B13 C12
6 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 B10 C11 B8 A11 A9 A14
5 Failed B10
5 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14 C14
4 Failed E11 B9 D10 B11 D12 C12
3 Failed B9 B12 A11
2 Got It B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 A14 B13 A13 A10 A12
2 Failed B9 B12 A13
2 Failed B9 B12 C12
1 Failed B9 B12 E11 D12 A14 A13 C14 B10 C11 A10 B11
1 Failed B12 B9 D10
1 Failed B12 B9 B13
1 Failed B11 B9 C8 B12 C11 B10 E11 A11
1 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B8
1 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 B13 A14
1 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 D12 A14 B13 A13 A10
1 Failed B9 B12 E11 D12 A14 A13 C14 B10 B13
1 Failed B9 B12 A14
1 Failed A5
1 Failed A3
1 Failed B12 B9 C8 B11 C12 B13 A13 A12 A11 A10 D12 E11