Black to live - White is giving B a battering, and B needs to live in order to stay in the game. You must live unconditionally with territory to solve this problem correctly. Thanks to tigre, chrise, rex, atak, and Spirit for showing me the errors of my ways :-) 31/10/03 Added new variation supplied by Spirit, and ko suggestion from chrise. Also stone is now marked 21/06/04 Added a new variation spotted by thekro.
Author Chrisg Created 2003-09-30
Difficulty 5 dan (history) Source From another of my games
AVG solve time 58 sec Stars 2.33  (9 votes)
User attempts 667 / 2952 Collections Amateur Game, Side based
Genre life and death Your attempts N/A
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Created 2003-09-30
Source From another of my games
Stars 2.33  (9 votes)
Collections Amateur Game, Side based
Your attempts N/A
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
davidgoto 2023-09-26 14:42:47 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2023-08-23 03:25:21 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
jmdingess 2022-12-28 20:34:41 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4 K3
ranka 2019-03-10 06:02:34 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
ranka 2018-01-20 12:59:11 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4 K3
2018-01-19 00:29:09 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2017-12-06 16:45:00 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2017-07-24 19:36:42 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4 K3
2016-09-28 21:36:46 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2016-02-07 22:01:49 Failed K1 N1 N2
2015-10-19 15:35:13 Failed N2
wukong1 2015-08-09 00:21:23 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
briv 2015-04-22 10:19:12 Failed J3 J2
briv 2015-03-31 20:20:42 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
briv 2015-03-29 22:55:16 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
KiattiyosL 2015-03-27 04:01:02 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2014-08-03 18:19:13 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
pento 2014-07-16 00:10:24 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 K3
2012-12-22 12:45:24 Failed N1
2012-12-04 15:11:35 Failed K1 N1 L1
2012-11-09 01:18:57 Failed L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2012-09-15 23:01:56 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
2012-09-15 22:26:26 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2012-09-08 05:53:16 Failed N1
2012-09-04 10:44:51 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Piccolo 2012-08-31 09:12:08 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
alexandrk 2012-08-08 10:59:43 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2012-05-18 10:58:53 Failed M1 N2 N1
Lok 2012-02-22 13:47:36 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
—´000 2012-01-15 03:23:00 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
—´000 2012-01-15 03:22:42 Failed J2
krt 2012-01-05 15:47:11 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1
krt 2012-01-05 15:46:49 Failed M3
2011-10-25 14:32:25 Failed J3 J2
2011-10-18 10:46:36 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2011-09-28 17:19:23 Failed N2
2011-09-15 22:00:55 Failed N2
Spica 2011-09-06 14:53:15 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 K3
2011-08-28 10:55:35 Failed J3 J2
vinhan 2011-08-21 23:36:01 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2011-08-20 22:51:39 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2011-08-18 22:00:49 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1
2011-08-10 17:57:41 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
2011-07-31 06:41:07 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2011-07-31 06:30:40 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K3
2011-07-17 22:41:17 Failed J3 J2
Zander 2011-06-29 04:14:40 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 L1
2011-06-06 19:32:15 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
vinhan 2011-05-12 14:30:49 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 M1
2011-05-01 03:34:33 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2011-04-27 02:51:40 Failed N2
2011-04-25 22:28:47 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K1 L1
2011-04-24 07:04:40 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2011-02-08 05:23:37 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2010-12-23 20:55:52 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
2010-12-23 20:15:31 Failed M1 N2 J2
2010-12-21 22:04:27 Failed K3
2010-12-15 21:07:11 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1
2010-12-15 21:06:16 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K1 L1
2010-10-02 08:04:12 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2010-06-07 21:37:12 Failed M1 N2 J2
frostburn 2010-05-29 05:30:55 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2010-03-15 14:50:31 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2010-03-03 20:08:27 Failed N2
2009-12-27 17:06:41 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
2009-12-08 22:45:36 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2009-11-07 15:38:41 Failed M1 N2 N1
dischord 2009-04-19 15:55:54 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2009-01-07 01:28:53 Failed N1
2008-12-01 07:02:36 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
2008-09-19 16:09:15 Failed K1 N1 L1
2008-07-11 14:41:31 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
alexandrk 2008-07-01 07:59:10 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2008-06-26 21:42:14 Failed K1 N1 L1
2008-06-19 05:56:37 Failed J2
2008-05-05 11:19:54 Failed M1 N2 N1
2008-01-01 22:08:35 Failed M1 N2 N1
Dudzik 2007-12-30 19:51:04 Failed L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Dudzik 2007-12-29 00:26:26 Failed M1 N2 K1 J3 K3
ketran0 2007-12-04 14:18:20 Failed N2
WTD 2007-09-08 16:55:13 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
WTD 2007-09-08 16:53:42 Failed N2
2007-05-17 20:43:37 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
whendrik 2007-05-16 01:41:15 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
whendrik 2007-05-14 23:36:39 Failed N2
2006-10-10 19:24:25 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1 A19
2006-08-29 19:57:46 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K1 L1 A19
tom111 2006-08-25 08:10:32 Failed N2 A19
2006-06-04 14:52:47 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1 A19
2006-06-04 14:37:20 Failed N2 A19
Athanatos 2006-05-26 10:25:19 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1 A19
Athanatos 2006-05-25 12:41:30 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 M1 A19
2005-12-14 13:51:59 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1 A19
Field Mouse 2005-11-10 12:46:33 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2005-07-26 09:54:20 Failed N2
MrMoto 2005-06-01 16:29:38 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Athanatos 2005-04-10 09:58:39 Failed J2
chtito 2005-03-30 07:49:36 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1
ciith 2005-03-14 17:07:07 Failed M1 N2 O1
2005-03-05 11:25:14 Failed N2
marwin 2005-01-13 07:36:20 Got It J3 J2 L1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
switch 2004-10-31 09:58:46 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
switch 2004-10-29 04:02:55 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 L1
switch 2004-10-28 13:37:16 Failed N2
switch 2004-10-28 05:03:26 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
switch 2004-10-24 01:38:49 Failed J2
2004-10-21 19:13:50 Failed L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
hello 2004-09-22 12:28:05 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1
2004-09-10 10:14:37 Got It J3 J2 L1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-09-10 10:10:25 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
2004-07-15 23:48:07 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-07-07 12:06:32 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-06-28 10:25:52 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Hans 2004-06-21 05:12:44 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-06-21 04:55:05 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
assacra 2004-06-08 04:08:27 Failed N2
Hans 2004-05-26 05:46:22 Failed L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-05-26 05:29:27 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 M1
2004-04-29 06:27:37 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
kochi 2004-03-23 04:16:45 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-03-09 11:26:52 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-01-31 13:43:27 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2004-01-19 08:36:02 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Daniel 2003-11-11 12:32:42 Failed K1 N1 J3 L1 J2
2003-11-06 11:05:55 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 K3
Spirit 2003-11-02 00:58:38 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4 K3
2003-11-01 06:57:35 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2003-11-01 00:20:17 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2003-10-31 07:05:28 Failed N2
2003-10-07 04:20:49 Failed N2
2003-10-05 15:50:25 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 K3 M4 M3 O1
2003-10-05 11:41:03 Failed J2
Spirit 2003-10-04 01:48:29 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
2003-10-02 03:29:19 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
Spirit 2003-10-02 02:26:14 Failed K1 N1
Spirit 2003-10-02 02:22:42 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
Hans 2003-10-01 06:54:56 Failed J3 J2 L1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
Spirit 2003-10-01 06:00:00 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
Spirit 2003-10-01 05:42:33 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
2003-10-01 02:43:53 Got It K1 J1 L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2003-10-01 01:53:39 Failed M1 N1 L1 P1 N2 O1 J3 J2 H3 G2 G4
Spirit 2003-09-30 14:57:35 Failed J3
Spirit 2003-09-30 14:56:03 Failed J3
adum 2003-09-30 11:13:56 Failed J3
2003-09-30 08:36:54 Failed K1 J1 L1 M1 N1 N2 M3
BartTM 2003-09-30 08:14:29 Failed J3
Hans 2003-09-30 07:27:36 Failed L1
2003-09-30 05:48:17 Failed M1 N1 N2 L1 O1 M1 J3
2003-09-30 02:10:51 Failed M1 N1 L1 P1 N2 O1 J3
Count Result Path
35 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
13 Failed N2
10 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4
7 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1
5 Got It J3 J2 M1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
5 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1
4 Failed L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
4 Failed M1 N2 N1
4 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 M4 K3
4 Failed J2
4 Failed J3 J2
4 Failed J3
3 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1
3 Failed N1
3 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 K3
3 Failed K1 N1 L1
2 Got It J3 J2 L1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
2 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 L1
2 Failed N2 A19
2 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1 A19
2 Failed M1 N2 J2
2 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K1 L1
1 Failed K3
1 Failed M1 N2 K1 J3 K3
1 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 M1
1 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K3
1 Failed M3
1 Got It L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1 A19
1 Failed M1 N2 J3 H3 J2 J1 K1 L1 A19
1 Failed M1 N1 L1 P1 N2 O1 J3
1 Failed K1 N1 N2
1 Got It J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 M1 L4 N2 K3 M4 M3 O1
1 Failed M1 N1 N2 L1 O1 M1 J3
1 Failed L1
1 Failed K1 J1 L1 M1 N1 N2 M3
1 Failed M1 N1 L1 P1 N2 O1 J3 J2 H3 G2 G4
1 Got It K1 J1 L1 J3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
1 Failed J3 J2 L1 H3 N2 P1 O1 Q1
1 Failed K1 N1
1 Failed J2
1 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 M1 A19
1 Failed N2
1 Failed K1 N1 J3 L1 J2
1 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 M1
1 Got It K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1
1 Failed M1 N2 O1
1 Failed K1 N1 O1 L1 N2 J1 M3 K1 M1
1 Failed J3 J2 H3 G2 G4 M3 L4 L1 A19