Problem 251 goproblems.com


Author	Spirit	Created	2000-10-31
Difficulty	9 dan (history)	Source	Igo-Hatsuyo Ron
AVG solve time	87 sec	Stars	3.67 (6 votes)
User attempts	53 / 2648	Collections	Igo Hatsuyo-Ron, Side based
Genre	life and death ⓒ	Your attempts	N/A
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Created	2000-10-31
Source	Igo-Hatsuyo Ron
Stars	3.67 (6 votes)
Collections	Igo Hatsuyo-Ron, Side based
Your attempts	N/A

(;C[White to save his stones...]AB[kc]AB[le]AB[mb]AB[ne]AB[ob]AB[og]AB[oh]AB[pc]AB[pf]AB[pl]AB[qc]AB[qe]AB[qf]AB[qh]AB[qi]AB[ql]AB[rc]AW[mf]AW[mh]AW[nf]AW[od]AW[of]AW[qd]AW[qg]AW[rd]AW[re]AW[rf]AW[rg]SZ[19]PL[W]GM[1]FF[4]AP[Hibiscus:2.1]ST[3] (;W[pg]MN[1];B[pe]C[Please play at A.]LB[pe:2]LB[ph:A] (;W[ph];B[pi]C[Please play the vital point now!]LB[pi:4] (;W[lf] (;B[pd];W[oi];B[ni];W[oj];B[nh] (;W[qj] (;B[pj];W[ok];B[nj];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;B[rj];W[pj];B[ri];W[mj];B[mi];W[li];B[lh];W[nj];B[mg];W[ng];B[mh];W[kh])) (;W[pk];B[ok];W[nk];B[mi];W[qk];B[rk]C[White has failed]) (;W[ok];B[mi];W[qj];B[rj];W[ri];B[pj];W[rh];B[qk];W[si];B[sd];W[se];B[sg]C[RIP.])) (;B[ni];W[pd];B[oe];W[ld];B[md];W[mc] (;B[lc];W[nd]C[RIGHT]) (;B[nc];W[nd]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[oi]C[This does work, but listing all variations was too cumbersome. (until BartTM came along to save the day, that is) (Yes, humbleness is my middle name :-) )];B[ni] (;W[oj];B[nh] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[qj] (;B[pj];W[ok];B[nj];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;B[rj];W[pj];B[ri];W[mj];B[mi];W[li];B[lh];W[nj];B[mg];W[ng];B[mh];W[kh])) (;W[qj];B[pj] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[ok];B[nj];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[ok];B[nj] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[nk];B[mk] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[mj];B[mi] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[lj];B[li] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[ki];B[kj] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[lk];B[kh] (;W[lf];B[pd] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[ji];B[lh] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[lf];B[pd];W[rj]C[RIGHT]) (;W[rj]C[You deserve extra points for not even trying to waste moves on capturing that lump of stones :)RIGHT]TR[pf]TR[qe]MA[pe]MA[qf]))) (;W[pk];B[qk]))))))))) (;W[lf];B[pd];W[oj];B[nh] (;W[qj] (;B[pj];W[ok];B[nj];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh]LB[lh:26]LB[jh:A]C[Please don't play at A.] (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[Well done!RIGHT]) (;W[jh];B[ml] (;W[ll];B[nl]) (;W[kg];B[kk]C[Caught in a ladder (hey, I warned you!)]) (;W[pk];B[qk]))) (;W[pk];B[qk] (;W[rj];B[ji]C[Black kindles this ponnuki happy as a baby with a battering ram. But you saved your stones.RIGHT]) (;W[ji];B[lh];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;B[rj];W[pj];B[ri];W[mj];B[mi];W[li];B[lh];W[nj];B[mg];W[ng];B[mh];W[kh])) (;W[pk];B[ok];W[nk];B[mi];W[qk];B[rk]C[White has failed]) (;W[ok];B[mi];W[qj];B[rj];W[ri];B[pj];W[rh];B[qk];W[si];B[sd];W[se];B[sg]C[RIP.])))) (;W[pd];B[oe];W[lf];B[me];W[ph];B[pi];W[oi];B[ni];W[oj];B[nh];W[ok];B[nj];W[qj];B[pj];W[nk];B[mk];W[mj];B[mi];W[lj];B[li];W[ki];B[kj];W[lk];B[kh] (;W[ji];B[lh];W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[RIGHT]) (;W[pk];B[qk];W[rj]C[RIGHT]))) (;W[pe];B[pg];W[pd];B[oe];W[ld];B[me];W[md];B[nd];W[nc];B[kd]) (;W[pd];B[oe];W[pe];B[pg];W[ld];B[me];W[md];B[nd];W[nc];B[kd]) (;W[oe];B[pd];W[pg];B[pe];W[ph];B[pi];W[oi];B[ni];W[oj];B[nh];W[qj];B[pj];W[ok];B[pk];W[mj];B[mi];W[li];B[lh] (;W[mg];B[lj];W[ki];B[nj];W[mk];B[nk]C[Black breaks out of the encirclement]) (;W[nj];B[mg];W[ng];B[mh];W[kh];B[lg];W[lf];B[kg])))