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Problem 1 Problem 2

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Diagram 17 - White 1 is cool-headed. If Diagram 22 - Continued from the previous descends to 3, black feeds one more stone to white. White is forced

black captures at 2, an Under-the-Stones shape dia gram, white ataris stubbornly at 3. Black takes away white's eye to capture four black stones at 4.is formed. counter-ataris at 4 setting up at ko-fight. White by clamping at 4,Diagram 18 - After capturing the four white then captures at 5. Although white might be killing white. White S o l u t i o n 3

stones, a cutting point is formed. White cuts able to make life via a ko-fight, this is not the still dies if black hanes Continued - Byand ataris at 3, killing two black stones. If black best result. with 2 at 3 to take away white's eye on the feeding one extra stonethen captures the four white stones on the right, Diagram 23 - Whites atari at 1 forces black other side. to white, black 5white can create a mirror image on the right. to capture four white stones at 2. White 1 is the becomes a cut and atari,

Diagram 19 - White cuts and ataris at 5, white stones at 2. The squeeze at 3 is sente. If forming an eye on either side and lives. This black takes away white's eye at 4...example also illustrates the proverb of play at EXERCISES Solution 1 Continued Due to the presencethe center of a symmetrical position. of ) , the cut and atari of white 5 captures theHowever, the key to this problem is established three stones. White makes life easily. If Failure Solution 4.1 - Black blindly tries toupon the concept of Under-the-Stones. black 4 at 5, white forms the other eye at 4, and rescue his four stones by connecting at 1. White

One of the biggest mistakes of beginners is still makes life. captures at 2.greediness, trying to rescue any stones in danger, Failure Solution 4.2 - A connection at blackregardless of how useful these stones are. As Correct Solution 2 - 1 is passive. White descends to 2 capturing thesoon as the opponent ataris, the first thing that At a glance, one might four black stones. With the other eye in thecomes to the mind of a beginner is how to conclude that the corner, white is alive. Black fails.escape. Either, he manages to escape, ending up stones in the problem

with a heavy shape, or dying all together. diagram are dead andTherefore, if you want to improve your game, white is alive.you must give up this kind of greedy thought. Problem 1- White to However, black still has

Diagram 20 - What is whites best result? black 3 is fierce. White captures at 4 and black

Diagram 21 - White 1 is a thoughtless capture ataris at 5, killing the three white stones. Whitein trying to rescue his five stones. Black Problem 3 - Black to is reduced to only one eye and dies.captures white at 2 with a snap-back. play. How can black make use of Under-the-

first step for using Under-the-Stone tactics. and captures three

Diagram 24- White limits white to onlycuts and ataris at 3 one eye and white dies.forming an eye, andmakes life with theother eye. This is thebest outcome, which isfar better than having

to make life via a kofight as shown in Correct Solution 1 -Diagram 22. If white ataris at 1, black can only capture three

play. Can white make life? a very powerful tacticProblem 2 - Black to play. Can black kill for killing white. Black

white using the three stones? turns to 1, forcing

Failure Solution 1

Correct Solution 1 Solution 1

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Solution 3Continued

Failure Solution 4.1 Failure Solution 4.2

Correct Solution 4 Solution 4Continued

Stones tactics to kill white? Failure Solution 3 -Problem 4 - Black to play. Can black kill If black tries to rescue

white? his three stones on

ANSWERS makes a second eye at

Failure Solution 1 - Black fails.White tries to form an Correct Solution 3 -eye at 1 directly. Black Black destroys white'scaptures three white eye at 1. When whitestones at 2. If white ataris at 2, black 3

white to atari at 2.Black then descends to

3, and ataris at 5, killing white with Under-the-Stones tactics.

the left with 1, white

2. White lives and

white stones. This

Correct Solution 4 -The sacrifice at black 1 makes use of Under-the-Stones tactics. This forces white to capture fourblack stones at 2.

Solution 4 Continued - The cut and atari at

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but its not good here. Although blacksuccessfully cuts white off, white can stilldestroy blacks territory. Moreover, black hasthe burden of being cut at A.

Diagram 3 - White Wedges Due to the stones on the upper right becomes a heavyfavorable ladder, white can also wedge at 2. burden for white.Since the ladder at A after blacks atari at 4 doesnot favor black, black is forced to atari at 3.Whites connection at 4 gives him two cuttingpoints. Because of this, black 1 is notacceptable.

Diagram 4 - Black Jumps There is a completes the cut with a tiger at 9 forming aproverb, One space jumps are good. However, thick shape. On the contrary, white is notblacks jump to 1, allowing white to connect at completely alive yet.2 is a miscalculation. Black tries to separatewhite with the hane at 3 and atari at 5, but failsafter white 6 and 8. Black gets nothing.

Diagram 5 - Correct Solution Blacksdiagonal at 1 is the correct tactic forseparating white. When white jumps out to 2,black jumps to 3 with sente and flexibly formseye space with 5. How to settle the two white

Diagram 6 - White Cannot Connect Ifwhite tries to connect by attaching at 2 afterblack diagonals at 1, white will fail. With thesequence from the hane at 3 to the descent at 7,black cuts white off with sente. Black then

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Diagram 8 - A Cut If white blocks at 2,black can thrust at 3, attacking whitesweakness. After white connects at 4, blackpokes and cuts with 5 and 7. If white A, thenblack B, white C, black D cuts off the threecentral white stones.

Diagram 9 - White Reinforces White can jump to 1 to strengthen his two-spaceextension. Black can reply at A, but there is nohurry to defend.

Diagram 10 - Correlation with the StarPoint In respond to blacks diagonal at 1, whitecan jump to 2. At this time, blacks forcingapproach at 3 is the only attack, which whitecannot ignore.

Diagram 11 - A Fatal Blow If white doesnot defend, blacks invasion at 1 is severe.When white attaches at 2, black hanes at 3 andwithdraws to 5. The high point invasion ofblack 1 to 5 delivers a fatal blow which toppleswhite.

Diagram 12 - White shape with sequence from 5 through 11. WhiteMust Reinforce invades at 13 following black 12. This isWhen black forces at 1, another variation.white must reinforce at2. Since black is not ina hurry to reinforce atA, he can playelsewhere. Althoughwhite loses sente, he ismuch thicker and canbe satisfied.

Diagram 13 - A Shoulder Hit In the past,a diagonal at A was the most common reply tothe large knight approach at white 1. Recently,a shoulder hit at 2 has been introduced. Black Asecures corner territory, while a shoulder hit at2 actively builds up a moyo with the two stones (as planned).

Diagram 14 - Another Variation If white

attaches at 1, black blocks at 2. After white 3,blacks pincer at 4 is an excellent location.Even so, this is not bad for white, who settles his

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Broken Sandal, Wei Qiand Great Composure

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Figure. 4 - The third game of the 19thMeijin title match between Rin Kai Ho (black)and Kobayashi Koichi. White hanes out at 16,and we have the sequence to black 35. Such asequence is clearly very welcome for black in afour-stone handicap game. Before you go anyfurther, I ask you to visualize how any of theseprofessional sequences would have worked out in

your four-stone games. Note also how all thesepositions can come up in four-stone games froma three-space high pincer.

This completes ourdiscussion of whites 3-3 point invasion. Youshould try to visualizeh o w t h e s eprofessionally played

josekis fit in to a fourstone handicap game.Once you begin toappreciate the power ofthe black thickness

obtained from the 3-space high pincer, you willhave no one to fear in a 4-stone game. In thenext issue we will look at whites attachment atA or B in Diagram 4 in the same four stonefuseki that we are discussing.

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The situation estimate is an orderly thoughtprocess for considering factors that have abearing on the possible courses of action in acombat situation and for analyzing andcomparing those courses of actions to identitythe best one. In the process of completing thesituation estimate, the leader selectively appliesthe strategical and tactical doctrines developedfor the particular kinds of configurations withwhich he is working, with appropriateconsideration of the principles of war.

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Situation & Courses of Action, and Decision canhelp our progress in learning how to play Go aswell as in playing Go.

Instruction and practice for solving (readingout) strategical and tactical problems arepresented in the many available Go books whichinclude most of the strategical and tacticaldoctrine that has been developed for Go. Beingable to understand the distribution of Go stoneson the board and read out the many variationsto determine the answers to the three questionsis the key. The intent of using the militarysituation estimate is to help tickle and organizeyour thoughts and progress in developing andapplying your understanding and reading skills.

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