Problem 4092 goproblems.com


Author	santa c	Created	2004-03-19
Difficulty	7 dan (history)	Source	Some prog
AVG solve time	50 sec	Stars	4.25 (8 votes)
User attempts	202 / 3982	Collections	Semeai / Capturing Race, Side based
Genre	tesuji ⓒ	Your attempts	N/A
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Created	2004-03-19
Source	Some prog
Stars	4.25 (8 votes)
Collections	Semeai / Capturing Race, Side based
Your attempts	N/A

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