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I watched a fast game between Mr Saijo and a amatuer player. Mr Saijo sprung this trap on our poor friend and he failed the test. Mr Saijo then had a great deal of fun asking everyone around the table how to solve it. So easy when you know the answer, so hard when you're playing the game! :)
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Author JoeSeki Created 2003-08-11
Difficulty 3 dan (history) Source Mr Saijo at the Go Congress 2003
AVG solve time 28 sec Stars 5  (11 votes)
User attempts 262 / 2260 Collections Stories
Genre life and death ⓒ Your attempts N/A
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Created 2003-08-11
Source Mr Saijo at the Go Congress 2003
Stars 5  (11 votes)
Collections Stories
Your attempts N/A
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
— 2024-05-12 19:49:52 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2024-05-09 16:29:41 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-05-07 22:35:35 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Volkensin 2024-05-05 06:42:09 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-05-03 01:47:20 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-04-30 04:42:31 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Schlafanzug 2024-04-26 14:10:31 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2024-04-12 17:46:05 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Masuorengou5 2024-04-09 13:45:29 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-04-07 21:20:34 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-04-02 14:58:14 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2024-03-31 19:59:44 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-30 18:26:00 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
Masuorengou5 2024-03-30 10:07:46 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2024-03-24 23:35:43 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-20 18:52:01 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-16 16:12:59 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-13 18:30:26 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-06 07:13:06 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
SlappyTappy 2024-03-06 05:01:44 Failed S1 T3 T1
SlappyTappy 2024-03-06 05:00:35 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2024-03-03 18:45:57 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-03-01 00:48:49 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-02-29 22:39:56 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Masuorengou5 2024-02-27 14:21:09 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2024-02-24 08:55:45 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-02-24 04:16:04 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-02-23 13:45:50 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2024-02-23 12:10:16 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-02-23 09:40:03 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-02-22 23:25:30 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Princelina 2024-02-22 19:15:50 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Princelina 2024-02-22 19:14:34 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2024-02-19 07:05:01 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-01-16 21:49:11 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2024-01-16 19:24:14 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2024-01-16 19:05:43 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
shamerrus 2024-01-16 18:11:38 Failed S1 T3 T1
Spirit 2024-01-16 17:07:33 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Spirit 2024-01-16 17:06:50 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2024-01-16 16:45:06 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-01-16 16:44:00 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
davidgoto 2024-01-16 16:06:49 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-01-16 14:55:11 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
itimeee 2024-01-16 07:02:42 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
ookaythensoo 2024-01-16 02:03:28 Failed Q7
— 2024-01-16 00:41:04 Failed T3 R1 T4 T2 T6 S8
:go 2024-01-16 00:24:44 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2024-01-16 00:10:02 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2024-01-16 00:07:02 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-09-29 21:16:19 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2023-09-11 20:36:02 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
davidgoto 2023-09-04 17:18:46 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
adum 2023-08-17 05:01:45 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2023-06-19 06:32:58 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-06-05 13:54:22 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-06-05 09:42:39 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2023-06-04 16:48:25 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2023-05-05 18:25:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-05-05 18:10:13 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-04-09 19:36:44 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-27 14:13:22 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-26 23:57:59 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-26 23:30:26 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-26 23:19:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-22 20:53:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-10 22:27:24 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-03-10 17:40:17 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-02-09 02:20:48 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-02-09 02:01:08 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-02-03 19:49:25 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-31 08:46:20 Failed T3 R1 T4 T2 T1
— 2023-01-20 21:51:47 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-20 21:46:24 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-20 19:24:33 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-20 19:09:20 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 S1
— 2023-01-19 00:26:15 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-19 00:17:42 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-18 23:36:10 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-18 20:33:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2023-01-15 23:14:04 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2023-01-11 13:06:19 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-12-12 14:43:49 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2022-11-30 19:19:58 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-11-30 15:40:51 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
jmdingess 2022-11-27 06:46:25 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-08-18 14:06:42 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-08-18 13:33:31 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-08-18 12:32:17 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-08-17 23:25:51 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-08-17 22:15:25 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2022-04-04 20:41:15 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2022-02-11 21:16:34 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-02-11 21:08:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-02-11 19:59:37 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-02-03 00:31:46 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2022-02-02 23:48:01 Failed S1 T3 T4
:go 2021-12-03 06:33:39 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2021-11-21 15:30:28 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2021-10-14 21:16:35 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2021-10-04 06:16:13 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2021-07-23 15:35:34 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2021-07-21 11:47:45 Failed S8
— 2021-07-19 04:48:12 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2021-05-18 01:12:36 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2020-05-29 23:28:58 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2020-04-01 05:33:12 Failed S8
ranka 2019-03-26 15:39:45 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
shimitaku 2019-03-23 12:43:58 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
shimitaku 2019-03-22 12:51:21 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
briv 2019-02-05 20:32:33 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2018-12-28 11:15:30 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2018-09-10 08:28:18 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2018-09-07 09:10:31 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2018-07-13 09:18:07 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2018-07-11 17:46:40 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2018-02-03 03:58:22 Failed S8
— 2017-12-16 04:52:30 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2017-08-25 13:31:53 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2017-04-07 21:28:32 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2017-04-03 17:37:11 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2017-04-01 15:12:14 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2017-04-01 08:56:40 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2017-03-22 10:51:35 Failed T1 R1 T4 T3 T6 S8
— 2016-09-13 09:28:19 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2016-09-12 13:01:17 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2016-05-21 07:30:30 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2016-04-28 23:41:35 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2016-04-28 23:39:39 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2016-04-27 17:43:40 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2016-01-22 06:37:38 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2016-01-05 00:26:50 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-12-25 04:43:21 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-12-19 02:40:51 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-11-22 00:09:36 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-08-14 23:44:06 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-05-12 12:48:14 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-05-11 23:26:58 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-04-01 20:28:17 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-04-01 19:03:08 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2015-02-05 10:51:08 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2015-01-13 07:36:34 Failed T1 R1 T4 T3 S8
wukong1 2014-10-11 03:48:12 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2014-08-31 19:27:25 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2014-08-20 19:52:59 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2014-07-31 16:10:20 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2014-05-11 03:06:17 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2014-03-13 16:20:13 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2014-03-09 18:45:03 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
pento 2014-02-24 12:17:23 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
krt 2013-02-25 23:00:11 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2012-12-28 10:08:33 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2012-10-11 18:18:03 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2012-10-11 18:17:07 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
rhubarb 2012-08-13 16:13:19 Failed S8
—´000 2012-03-29 20:13:55 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
—´000 2012-03-29 20:13:49 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2012-01-21 01:32:38 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2012-01-21 01:28:40 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
krt 2012-01-02 19:57:06 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2011-09-15 20:30:46 Failed S1 T3 T4
Spica 2011-09-08 12:01:51 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
vinhan 2011-08-19 08:00:44 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2011-07-07 15:14:15 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2011-05-24 10:56:00 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2011-05-14 07:29:22 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2011-01-10 23:19:36 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
Ksenja 2011-01-07 09:36:44 Failed P6
— 2010-11-16 12:53:03 Failed T4 T3 S8
alexandrk 2010-07-23 14:42:04 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
alexandrk 2010-07-23 14:41:22 Failed T3 R1 S1
LHM1948 2010-01-21 13:39:33 Failed T8
AkaHige 2009-11-11 14:23:13 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2009-04-05 07:53:32 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
— 2008-11-23 17:42:15 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
Athanatos 2008-02-14 14:59:56 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2007-11-26 14:01:41 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2007-11-19 07:28:27 Failed T4 T3 T6 R1 T1
— 2007-06-11 14:17:13 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2007-03-12 21:06:22 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2007-01-28 23:03:33 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2006-05-25 12:42:02 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1 A19
adum 2005-11-28 22:22:46 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1 A19
— 2005-11-26 12:16:39 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
Field Mouse 2005-11-16 08:20:28 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2005-04-18 06:30:21 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2004-11-21 08:40:03 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2004-11-21 08:34:28 Failed S9
MrMoto 2004-09-26 16:54:38 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
MrMoto 2004-09-26 16:32:22 Failed S8
— 2004-09-08 08:41:59 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2004-08-09 06:37:57 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2004-07-15 06:39:08 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2004-05-11 03:07:25 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2004-05-04 16:51:17 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2004-04-29 09:01:51 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
— 2004-04-18 13:09:18 Failed R1 S1 T4 T3 T2
— 2004-04-18 13:08:34 Failed R1 S1 T3
— 2004-04-18 13:06:23 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
ciith 2004-02-02 05:56:25 Failed Q6
— 2004-01-19 13:51:17 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2004-01-16 08:46:54 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2003-12-30 05:41:36 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-10-29 14:27:01 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-10-22 04:24:34 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-09-11 04:44:55 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
BartTM 2003-09-11 04:04:07 Failed S8
— 2003-09-08 08:43:37 Failed T4 R1 S1 T1 T3
— 2003-08-28 19:48:31 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
Daniel 2003-08-28 17:04:45 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
adum 2003-08-11 10:38:00 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2003-08-11 10:40:07 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
adum 2003-08-11 10:43:41 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
Hans 2003-08-11 10:45:30 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2003-08-11 11:03:30 Failed T3 R1 T4 T2 T6 S8
— 2003-08-12 01:52:49 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2003-08-12 05:08:11 Failed T4 T3 S8
Hans 2003-08-12 05:15:23 Failed T4 R1 T6 T3 S8 T1
— 2003-08-12 05:25:21 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
hello 2003-08-12 05:50:21 Failed R1 S1 T3
— 2003-08-12 07:34:01 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-08-12 08:49:48 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
Hans 2003-08-12 09:01:45 Got It T4 R1 S1 T1 T3
Spirit 2003-08-12 10:25:25 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
— 2003-08-12 15:44:46 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
WTD 2003-08-12 17:36:38 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-08-13 04:43:19 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
hello 2003-08-13 05:22:57 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
— 2003-08-13 05:45:33 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2003-08-13 09:03:08 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-08-14 02:43:09 Failed S1 T3 T4
— 2003-08-14 02:45:38 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
— 2003-08-16 11:18:31 Failed T4 T3 T6 R1 S8 T1
Count Result Path
97 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
26 Failed T2 R1 T4 T1
19 Failed S1 T3 T4
18 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1
17 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1
13 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1
6 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
5 Failed S8
3 Got It T4 T3 T2 T1 R1
2 Failed T3 R1 T4 T2 T6 S8
2 Failed S1 T3 T1
2 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1
2 Failed R1 S1 T3
2 Failed T4 T3 S8
1 Failed T3 R1 S1
1 Failed Q7
1 Failed T3 R1 T4 T2 T1
1 Failed T4 T3 T2 T1 S1
1 Failed T1 R1 T4 T3 T6 S8
1 Failed T1 R1 T4 T3 S8
1 Got It T4 R1 S1 T1 T3
1 Failed T4 R1 T6 T3 S8 T1
1 Failed P6
1 Failed S8
1 Failed T8
1 Failed T4 R1 S1 T1 T3
1 Failed T4 T3 T6 R1 T1
1 Failed S1 T3 R1 T1 A19
1 Failed T4 T3 S1 T1 A19
1 Failed S9
1 Failed T4 T3 T6 R1 S8 T1
1 Failed R1 S1 T4 T3 T2
1 Failed Q6