Sunday Problem #8
Published 26 Jul 2020 by antti
(last edited 3 Sep 2020)
This problem is from Guanzi Pu – possibly my favourite of the classic problem collections thanks to its varied and relatively difficult problems.
While a (most likely illegal) pdf version of the book been posted around on Western go websites, its solutions often seem to be wrong. I would instead recommend interested players to invest in a six-volume physical copy, which can for example be bought from Hebsacker Verlag.
Black to play.
Solution
Black’s hane of 1 is the correct first move, and white 2 is the strongest resistance. After 6, a kō fight is formed for the life of the white group.
For some reason, this white 2 is often given as White’s strongest resistance in this problem. However, black 3–5 then kill the white group unconditionally, so this result is inferior to White compared to the one above.
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Solution added.
I might have a gross blind spot, but Black J19 seems to threat either a connection or a throw-in.
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Vesa