Problem 9526 goproblems.com


Author	MatheusB	Created	2006-12-01
Difficulty	18 kyu (history)	Source	Game on kurnik.pl.
AVG solve time	35 sec	Stars	4.05 (19 votes)
User attempts	6795 / 12961	Collections	9*9 games, Connect, Cutting
Genre	tesuji ⓒ	Your attempts	N/A
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Created	2006-12-01
Source	Game on kurnik.pl.
Stars	4.05 (19 votes)
Collections	9*9 games, Connect, Cutting
Your attempts	N/A

(;SZ[9]AB[ef]AB[eg]AB[fe]AB[ge]AB[gf]AB[he]AB[gd]AB[gb]AB[eb]AB[db]AB[dc]AB[cc]AB[bb]AB[dd]AB[ed]AW[fb]AW[fc]AW[fd]AW[ec]AW[ff]AW[fg]AW[eh]AW[ee]AW[de]AW[ce]AW[cd]AW[cf]AW[be]AW[bc]AW[ad]TR[ef]TR[eg]C[Black to rescue the marked stones.]AP[goproblems] (;B[fh];W[gg] (;B[gh];W[hg];B[dh];W[dg];B[ei];W[df];B[eh]C[Well done. After White A Black can play B and vice versa.RIGHT]LB[cr:A]LB[hr:B]LB[hh:A]LB[ch:B]) (;B[hg];W[gh] (;B[dh];W[fi];B[dg];W[hh]C[White lives and Black does not.]) (;B[hh];W[fi] (;B[hi];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.]) (;B[dg];W[dh] (;B[hi];W[cg]C[Black is simply caught.]) (;B[cg];W[bg]C[Black cannot escape now.])) (;B[dh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.])) (;B[gi];W[fi] (;B[hh];W[hi] (;B[dg];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.]) (;B[dh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.])) (;B[hi];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.]) (;B[dg];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.]) (;B[dh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.])) (;B[ei];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.] (;B[gi];W[fi]C[Only ko - Black has no serious threats.]) (;B[hh];W[fi]C[Black is caught now.]) (;B[fi];W[dg]C[Black can be simply caught.])) (;B[fi];W[dg]C[Black can be simply caught.])) (;B[hh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.]) (;B[dg];W[gh] (;B[dh];W[fi]C[White is alive while Black has nothing.]) (;B[fi];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.]) (;B[ei];W[fi]C[White is almost alive now and Black is still veryweak.];B[dh];W[di]) (;B[gi];W[fi]C[White is almost alive now and Black is still veryweak.];B[hh];W[hg];B[ig];W[hi])) (;B[dh] (;W[dg];B[ei]C[Well done. Black is strong enough to survive now.RIGHT]) (;W[gh];B[ei]C[Well done. Black is strong enough to survive now.RIGHT])) (;B[ei];W[dh] (;B[hg];W[gh] (;B[gi];W[fi]C[Only ko - Black has no serious threats.]) (;B[hh];W[fi]C[Black is caught now.]) (;B[fi];W[dg]C[Black can be simply caught.])) (;B[gh];W[hg]C[Black is caught now.])) (;B[fi];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.])) (;B[gg];W[fh] (;B[dg];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now]) (;B[dh];W[dg]C[The Black stones are caught in a snapback.]) (;B[gh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.])) (;B[gh];W[fh]C[Black cannot escape now.]) (;B[dg];W[fh] (;B[gg];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.]) (;B[dh];W[cg]C[To keep it simple - Black has less liberties and noliberty-adding moves.]) (;B[gh];W[dh]C[Black cannot escape now.])) (;B[dh];W[dg]C[Black is simply caught.]))