Answer to Q114

Answers

(No. 114: June 29, 1998)

Elementary level: Answer

The combinafion of Black's moves 1 and 3 is crucial.
After Black 5 White loses the race and dies.

Elementary level: Wrong Answer

Black 1 fails to win the race.

Intermediate level: Answer

Black 1 is the vital point of this shape.
If White 2, Black gets a Seki and lives with 3 to 13.
Black 1 may be a little difficult to discover.
It is a move that a pro-player once overlooked.

connects under

Intermediate level: Variation

If White 2, Black lives with 3 and 5.

Intermediate level: Wrong Answer 1

Black 1 allows White to play at the vital point 2 and
fails to live. After Black 3, White kills Black with 4
to 10. If Black 5 at 8, White plays at 5 and Black is dead.

Intermediate level: Wrong Answer 2

If Black 3, White kills Black with 4 to 12.

	:	throws in under
	:	takes at
	:	connects under

Intermediate level: Wrong Answer 3

After Black 1 and White 2, Black's best choice is to
get a Ko with 3 to 9. Black cannot live unconditionally.
(This becomes the same shape as Problem 51 Elementary Level.)