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8 kyu
This is a kind of sacrifice, but a very short-lived one... They are not always easy to anticipate, as shown by the nice problem 1, from a recent Chinese beginners' collection (yes, their beginners are not made of the same stuff as ours...)
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vougalar
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8 kyu (
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AVG solve time
66 sec
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265 / 835
Genre
life and death
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Created
2015-12-18
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Commented bestiary
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