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Problem 15
Problem 15 – White to play.
How can White save his five endangered stones?
Answer 15
Correct Answer
If White connects with 1, his six stones can’t be captured.
Wrong Answer
If White ataries with 1, Black throws in a stone with 2. After Black 4, White can’t rescue his four stones.
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About the Author & Translator
Kano Yoshinori was born on April 14, 1928 in Kyoto and died on May 2, 1999. He came to Tokyo at the age of nine and became a disciple of Suzuki Hideko 5-dan. He became 1-dan in 1943 and in 1968 he attained the top rank of 9-dan. In 1948 he won the Young Professional’s Championship, in 1955 he won the top section of the Oteai, and in 1961 he won the 5th Prime Minister’s Cup. He played in the 14th, 20th, 25th, and 26th Honinbo leagues. In 1975 he went to Austria and Russia, then in 1979 he led a team of high school go players to China for a goodwill match. He graduated from the Japanese Literature Department of Japan University, making him one of the few professional go players to have graduated from university. His most prominent disciple is the Taiwanese go player, O Rissei 9-dan, winner of the 2000 and 2001 Kisei titles. In 2001 he won the Judan title which he currently holds.
Richard Bozulich is the president of Kiseido Publishing Company. He learned how to play go in 1958 while a studying mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He came to Japan in 1967 to study go and founded The Ishi Press for the purpose of publishing go books in English. In 1982, he founded Kiseido. Invincible: The Games of Shusaku by John Power was its first publication.
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Problem 17
Problem 17 – Black to play.
Black has a move that will create a ko for the life of the white stones on the left.
Answer 17
Correct Answer
Black can get an advantageous ko by throwing in a stone at 1. After White 2, Black starts the ko with 3.
Wrong Answer
If Black connects with 1, White gets two eyes by playing at 2.
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Glossary
atari – a move threatening to capture on the next move.
dame — neutral points.
dan — a ranking scale running from 1-dan to 9-dan.
double atari – a move that puts two different groups of stones into atari.
eye — a point on the board that is surrounded by stones of the same color.
ko — a situation in which two opposing stones can capture and recapture each other endlessly. In a game, immediate recapture is forbidden.
kyu — a ranking scale running from 35-kyu (beginner) up to 1-kyu, the highest rank before 1-dan.
nakade — a move played inside an opposing group’s eye space that prevents the formation of two eyes.
oi-otoshi — an atari against which there is no way for the group that is in atari to escape.
oshi-tsubushi — a crushing move. An atari against which there is no way to escape except to make an illegal move.
seki — dual life. A situation in which neither of two groups of opposing stones has two eyes, but neither can attack the other without losing his stones.
snapback — an atari on an opposing group such that, if the stone making the atari is captured, the capturing stones will still be in atari.
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Problem 2
Problem 2 – Black to play.
Black should play so as to prevent the capture of his two stones on the second line.
Answer 2
Correct Answer
Black saves his two stones by extending to 1. If White A, Black blocks at B and Black can’t be captured.
Wrong Answer
If Black blocks at 1, White catches two black stones when he ataries with 2.
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Problem 6
Problem 6 – Black to play.
The first thing Black should do is make sure that his two stones at the bottom can’t be captured.
Answer 6
Correct Answer
First of all, Black plays 1, threatening to capture two stones with 2. When White defends with 2, Black extends to 3.
Wrong Answer
If Black connects with 1, Black’s stones are in a pinch after White 2. If Black plays 1 at 2, White plays at 1, and the two black stones on the left can’t escape.
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Problem 13
Problem 13 – Black to play.
How should Black play so as to capture seven white stones?
Answer 13
Correct Answer
After Black 1, White can’t atari the two black stones, so the seven white ones can be captured.
Wrong Answer
Black 1 and 3 lead to a seki. However, if Black plays 1 at 3, White plays 2 at 1 and it is Black who will be captured.
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Problem 11
Problem 11 – Black to play.
How should Black play so as to capture the seven white stones at the top?
Answer 11
Correct Answer
Black 1 is a surprising move. If White 2, Black plays 3; the white group above is cut off and will die.
Wrong Answer
Black 1 is a crude move. Up to 4, White links up to his stones on the outside.
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Preface
This volume is a continuation of the second volume of Graded Go Problems For Beginners and is aimed at the 15-kyu to 8-kyu player.
The problems presented here will require a bit of thought, but none of them is so difficult that a player who understands the rules, has had some experience playing games, and has studied the first and second volumes would not be able to solve them in less than a minute.
Since the main aim of this series is to present as many examples of go technique as possible, I have avoided giving a lot of different variations of possible answers. The reader is advised to attempt to ‘refute’ the correct answer until he knows beyond doubt that the correct answer works. By pondering each problem in this way, the reader will develop an instinct for finding the winning move in his games.
Graded Go Problems For Beginners are the ideal books for players who have just learned the rules of Go, bridging the gap between a beginner’s book and some of the more ‘advanced’ elementary books.
The almost 1,500 problems these four volumes contain thoroughly drill the reader in the fundamentals of the game. Once you have finished studying these four books, you will have mastered the elements of capturing and defending stones, life and death of groups, elementary tactics, the opening, and the endgame, thus laying a solid foundation for your future progress.
Volume Three contains 421 intermediate level problems (15-kyu to 8-kyu).
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Problem 7
Problem 7 – Black to play.
How should Black play so as to capture the eight white stones on the right?
Answer 7
Correct Answer
Black 1 sets up a throw-in at 3 which captures two stones. If White 2 at 3, Black cuts at A, capturing two white stones.
Wrong Answer
Throwing in first at Black 1 is premature. The lone black stone on the left will be captured before the white stones on the right.
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Problem 12
Problem 12 – Black to play.
How should Black play so as to capture the two marked white stones?
Answer 12
Correct Answer
Cutting with Black 1 is the correct move. White will now lose at least two stones.
Reference Diagram 1
If White ataries with 2, Black 3 will capture the two stones in atari.
Reference Diagram 2
If White ataries from the outside with 2, Black 3 also captures two stones.
Wrong Answer
Directly playing an atari against the two white stones without first cutting fails, as this diagrams shows.
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Opening Problems
Living Groups and Dead Groups
Endgame Problems
Intermediate Problems Level Two
Middle Game Problems
Opening Problems
Living Groups and Dead Groups
Endgame Problems
Intermediate Problems Level Three Life and Death Problems
Life and Death
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Seki
Capturing Races
Intermediate Problems Level Four Life and Death Problems
Life and Death (Incorporating Ko, Seki, and Capturing Races)
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Problem 20
Problem 20 – Black to play.
How can Black capture eight white stones?
Answer 20
Correct Answer
Black cuts at 1. If White ataries with 2, Black 3 sets up a snapback.
Wrong Answer
If Black 1, White secures his stones by connecting at 2.
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Problem 19
Problem 19 – Black to play.
How can Black link up his stones on the right to the ones on the left?
Answer 19
Correct Answer
Black 1 ensures a link-up between the two black groups.
Wrong Answer
Black can’t link up with 1 and 3. The descent of White 4 ensures that the stones on the right are cut off.
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