Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!dual!bill From: bill@dual.UUCP (Bill Kanawyer) Newsgroups: net.games.go Subject: Answer: Life and Death problem #6. Message-ID: <403@dual.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 12:23:05 EST Article-I.D.: dual.403 Posted: Fri Mar 30 12:23:05 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Mar-84 08:25:36 EST Distribution: net Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 41 < blank line joseki > White lives in this problem by playing 'under' the stones. But first a move must be made to keep black from making whites second eye false. This may look like a losing move as it allows black to capture the four stones, but as you can see in the next diagram, white plays under the stones to live. A B C D E F G H J K 10 . . . * . . . . . * 9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . @ @ * . . . . . * 3 . 1 O @ @ @ . . . . 2 O O @ O O @ . . . . 1 . O 2 O O @ . . . . White = O Black = @ Answer moves = 1, 2, 3, ... A B C D E F G H J K 10 . . . * . . . . . * 9 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . 4 . @ @ * . . . . . * 3 . O O @ @ @ . . . . 2 O O @ 3 . @ . . . . 1 . O @ . . @ . . . . ------------------------------------- So, as you can see, sometimes it is necessary to let go of some stones inorder to make life or gain an advantage. It is not necessary for every one of your stones on the board to live in order to win a game. Bill Kanawyer {ucbvax,amd70,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune}!dual!bill