Problem 6337 goproblems.com


Author	maba	Created	2005-04-16
Difficulty	9 dan (history)	Source	a game
AVG solve time	58 sec	Stars	4 (4 votes)
User attempts	127 / 1336	Collections	Amateur Game, Corner based
Genre	life and death ⓒ	Your attempts	N/A
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Created	2005-04-16
Source	a game
Stars	4 (4 votes)
Collections	Amateur Game, Corner based
Your attempts	N/A

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