Instructions: Black to play. Black played the SQUARED stone threatening to cut at A. White failed to fix, instead playing the TRIANGLED stone. Please begin at A. The Story: This position comes from a game I played on KGS. I was playing black, and was doing well. I was aware of the cut at A and was excited when white missed the SQUARED stone's threat. The correct path, however, is not what I had read out. I played the correct set of moves by complete accident because I only noticed it halfway through my own read out sequence. If you get this problem right (or you discover an even better solution), then you have better reading than I do. I have tried to submit this problem four times. The first time I accidentally deleted it, then second time I found out at the end that I was not logged in, the third time I hit another wrong button and deleted it, and this last time if things go right it will submit. Enjoy!
Author usagi5 Created 2011-07-03
Difficulty 3 dan (history) Source KGS game UsagiGo 1k vs gogetter 1k
AVG solve time 93 sec Stars 4  (6 votes)
User attempts 281 / 785 Collections N/A
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Created 2011-07-03
Source KGS game UsagiGo 1k vs gogetter 1k
Stars 4  (6 votes)
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
2023-11-02 22:13:38 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
shamerrus 2023-10-08 18:02:37 Failed N7
2023-10-05 20:29:13 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2023-07-30 22:13:50 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2023-07-18 13:41:17 Failed K6
2023-07-01 12:19:41 Failed K6
2023-06-15 15:12:53 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2023-05-24 16:56:22 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2023-02-24 11:43:38 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2023-02-13 00:33:39 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
jmdingess 2022-12-26 08:17:37 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 J7
FishFort 2022-03-26 09:42:20 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2022-01-26 02:18:04 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 G6
2021-06-24 07:46:14 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2021-06-19 15:54:50 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2021-05-20 21:12:47 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
:go 2021-04-19 16:12:33 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 H6
2021-02-03 19:54:36 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 K7
2020-06-18 04:49:46 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
BartTM 2020-06-15 17:59:40 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2020-01-20 13:42:36 Failed J4 G3 M7 K6 N7
2019-11-09 22:01:39 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2019-11-01 17:39:34 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 N7
2019-09-23 21:13:15 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 M7
2019-07-31 02:37:52 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2018-10-17 21:44:42 Failed J4 G3 G4
BartTM 2018-10-06 18:43:16 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
shamerrus 2018-09-26 19:16:35 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2018-08-16 12:18:22 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
BartTM 2018-06-14 08:25:05 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2018-04-20 19:22:16 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2018-04-01 17:54:12 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2018-03-04 01:39:30 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2018-02-28 16:36:31 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
ranka 2018-01-30 12:40:51 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2017-11-20 23:48:32 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
ranka 2017-08-30 09:21:02 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2017-08-05 12:21:56 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2017-07-30 06:03:08 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2017-07-27 18:21:27 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 H6
2017-05-14 10:22:38 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2017-04-01 12:05:12 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2017-03-26 13:47:05 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2017-02-23 18:19:50 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 M7
2017-01-18 13:42:00 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-12-12 06:43:40 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-12-10 19:29:08 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-12-10 04:34:38 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2016-12-07 16:00:33 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 K7 L8 H6 J6 H5 J7
2016-11-10 11:13:49 Failed J4 G3 G4
Sampi 2016-10-02 09:23:08 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2016-06-30 12:35:26 Failed J4 G3 G4
2016-06-08 08:04:18 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-06-06 11:45:14 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 K7
2016-06-03 07:50:26 Failed J4 G3 H6 K6 G6
2016-05-08 18:05:58 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2016-04-25 16:49:50 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-03-23 22:46:42 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2016-03-20 06:56:02 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2016-03-14 14:39:22 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K8
2016-02-22 23:59:24 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 M7
2016-02-21 23:31:47 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2016-02-18 10:09:05 Failed J4 G3 J6 K6
2016-02-17 11:42:20 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2016-02-12 15:03:04 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 H6
2016-01-13 19:08:41 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2016-01-07 22:06:18 Failed K6
2015-12-23 17:16:00 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J7 H6 M7 K8 K7
2015-11-28 09:59:34 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 H6
2015-11-18 21:25:47 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-11-17 19:22:30 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 K7
2015-10-02 08:54:51 Failed J4 G3 H6 K6 J7 G7 G5
2015-10-01 09:05:03 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-09-08 19:33:33 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-08-22 02:29:48 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-08-17 20:56:59 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-07-28 14:32:36 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-07-24 10:22:51 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2015-05-26 09:42:07 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2015-05-14 19:30:30 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
Zander 2015-05-09 12:56:38 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-04-17 19:24:30 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-04-17 16:05:38 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-03-31 07:16:05 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-03-05 19:08:55 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-03-05 12:58:46 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 N7
2015-02-26 19:27:23 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 G6 G7 G5 G4
2015-02-24 14:29:00 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-02-24 03:10:35 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2015-01-31 22:25:55 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
ranka 2015-01-31 15:30:19 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
BartTM 2015-01-16 22:36:41 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2015-01-13 20:21:05 Failed K6
ranka 2015-01-10 14:12:50 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2015-01-02 13:59:55 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2015-01-01 18:56:07 Failed M7
2014-12-31 09:16:27 Failed K6
pento 2014-12-29 17:54:17 Failed N7
2014-12-17 16:46:02 Failed M7
2014-12-17 06:48:45 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-12-01 18:55:32 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2014-12-01 02:42:46 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2014-11-14 11:41:35 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-10-06 15:24:38 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2014-09-17 22:29:58 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-08-05 17:22:09 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-07-19 00:34:11 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
wukong1 2014-07-12 20:39:21 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2014-07-01 23:45:36 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-06-28 02:13:57 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-06-07 00:04:02 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2014-02-02 04:01:49 Failed J4 G3 H3
2013-11-14 09:24:56 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2013-10-25 05:20:45 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 G6
2013-10-17 09:51:08 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
Field Mouse 2013-05-12 14:19:14 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2013-04-18 19:22:49 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2012-12-20 14:33:48 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2012-09-10 00:20:56 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
Piccolo 2012-09-07 11:29:53 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2012-06-28 17:13:30 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2012-06-28 17:08:33 Failed J4 G3 G6 K6 F6
Ventile 2012-04-15 05:53:56 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2012-03-07 03:25:31 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
MrMoto 2012-01-28 21:29:01 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
—´000 2012-01-10 02:48:41 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
krt 2012-01-01 03:34:40 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-10-17 03:24:30 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-10-16 07:45:20 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-10-02 11:52:46 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
vinhan 2011-09-10 04:20:27 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
BartTM 2011-08-05 08:09:44 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 K7
2011-08-03 07:43:55 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2011-07-28 01:26:43 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2011-07-24 12:49:03 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
Bleedo 2011-07-21 17:11:40 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-20 20:54:13 Failed J4 G3 G4
Bleedo 2011-07-19 17:27:05 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
frostburn 2011-07-19 02:38:48 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
frostburn 2011-07-19 02:38:07 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 K7
2011-07-18 08:26:59 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-14 07:40:25 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-12 02:58:36 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-10 13:10:38 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2011-07-10 08:10:09 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 G4
2011-07-10 06:38:49 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 H6
knorthplay 2011-07-09 04:47:04 Failed J4 G3 J6 K6
2011-07-07 17:33:46 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-07 17:33:05 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
2011-07-07 07:53:08 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
Field Mouse 2011-07-07 05:15:40 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
gorka 2011-07-06 05:37:27 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
BartTM 2011-07-06 03:07:25 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
Bleedo 2011-07-05 23:55:12 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-05 23:39:00 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-05 18:16:40 Failed J4 G3 K6 J6 J5
alexandrk 2011-07-05 14:43:43 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-05 12:50:00 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-05 05:24:56 Failed J4 G3 J6 K6
2011-07-05 04:46:58 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2011-07-05 00:26:03 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-04 18:41:32 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-04 18:33:49 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2011-07-04 18:13:30 Failed J4 G3 M7 K6 N8
pimapis 2011-07-04 10:15:00 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
pimapis 2011-07-04 08:59:32 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 K8
2011-07-04 08:16:05 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
2011-07-04 05:37:49 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 K8
BartTM 2011-07-04 03:39:26 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-04 01:44:02 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-04 00:43:52 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
2011-07-03 23:58:12 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-03 23:39:12 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-03 22:25:23 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-03 22:15:50 Failed J4 G3 G4
2011-07-03 19:29:04 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-03 17:43:29 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
2011-07-03 15:45:03 Failed J4 G3 G4
hello 2011-07-03 11:59:16 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
Count Result Path
50 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
28 Got It J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
25 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K7
12 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 G6 G7
9 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 K7
6 Failed J4 G3 G4
5 Failed K6
3 Failed J4 G3 J6 K6
3 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6
3 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 H6
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 K7
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 N7
2 Failed N7
2 Failed M7
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 G6
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 K7
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H6 J6 J7
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 M7
2 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 H6
1 Failed J4 G3 H6 K6 G6
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 M7 K8 K7 L8 H6 J6 H5 J7
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 K8
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 M7
1 Failed J4 G3 M7 K6 N7
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J7 H6 M7 K8 K7
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 J7
1 Failed J4 G3 H6 K6 J7 G7 G5
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 H5 J6 J7 H6 G6 G7 G5 G4
1 Failed J4 G3 H3
1 Failed J4 G3 G6 K6 F6
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 K7
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 G4
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J6 J5
1 Failed J4 G3 M7 K6 N8
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 H6 G5 K8
1 Failed J4 G3 K6 J5 J6 H5 K8