(;GC[goproblems:prob2195.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][ab][bb][ac]AB[ca][cb][db][dc]C[No komi, no prisoners - Black to play and win!] (;B[bd] ;W[bc] (;B[cc] ;W[cd] ;B[dd]C[Black wins by one point! RIGHT]) (;B[cd] ;W[cc]C[This is only a jigo!])) (;B[bc] ;W[bd] (;B[cd] ;W[cc]C[Black can't win this ko :)]) (;B[cc] ;W[cd]C[Jigo!])) (;B[cd] (;W[bd] (;B[cc] ;W[bc]C[Jigo!]) (;B[bc] ;W[cc]C[Black can't play this ko :)])) (;W[bc] (;B[cc] ;W[bd]C[Jigo!]) (;B[bd] ;W[cc]C[Jigo!]))) (;B[cc] ;W[bd] (;B[cd] ;W[bc]C[Jigo!]) (;B[bc] ;W[cd]C[Jigo!]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2196.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[da][db][bc][dc][bd][dd]AB[aa][ca][ab][cb][ac][ad]C[No komi, no prisoners - Black to play and win! ] (;B[bb]LB[cc:A]C[Making an eye is correct - now White can't prevent A. RIGHT]) (;B[cc] ;W[bb] ;B[cd] ;W[ba]C[This is only a jigo!]) (;B[cd] ;W[cc]C[Black will lose aaaalllll his stones...] ;B[bb]C[ A one point loss - at least :)]) (;B[ba] ;W[cc]C[Black is dead!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2197.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][ca][cc][dc]AB[ab][bb][bd][cd]C[No komi, no prisoners - Black to play and win!] (;B[cb] (;W[bc] (;B[db] ;W[ac] (;B[ad] ;W[dd] ;B[bd] ;W[aa] ;B[da] ;W[ba] (;B[ad]C[Black wins the capturing race RIGHT]) (;B[cd]C[Black wins the capturing race RIGHT])) (;B[dd] ;W[ad] ;B[cd] ;W[aa] ;B[da] ;W[ba] (;B[bd]C[Black wins the capturing race RIGHT]) (;B[dd]C[Black wins the capturing race RIGHT]))) (;B[ac] ;W[db]C[This is only a jigo]) (;B[aa] ;W[ac] ;B[da] ;W[db]C[Black is dead!])) (;W[db] ;B[bc]C[White is dead RIGHT])) (;B[bc] ;W[cb] (;B[dd] ;W[ac]C[This is only a jigo!]) (;B[aa] ;W[ac]C[This is only a jigo!]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2198.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[dc][bd][cd][dd]AB[aa][ba][ab][ac]C[No komi, no prisoners - Black to play and win!] (;B[cb] (;W[db] (;B[bc]C[With an eye, Black wins easily RIGHT CHOICE]) (;B[cc] ;W[bc]C[This is only a seki!])) (;W[bc] (;B[db]C[With an eye, Black has an easy win RIGHT CHOICE]) (;B[cc] ;W[db]C[This is only a seki!] ;B[ca]))) (;B[bc] ;W[cb] ;B[ca]C[This is only a seki!]) (;B[cc] ;W[cb] ;B[bc] ;W[ca] ;B[db] ;W[da]C[White wins by one point!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2223.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[aa][cb][db][ac][bc][dc][ad][bd][dd]AB[ab][bb][cc]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?!] (;B[ba] ;W[cd] ;B[ca]C[This jigo is best for black! B C1 instead of B B4 would have been a mistake. RIGHT]) (;B[cd] ;W[bc] (;B[ca] ;W[bd] (;B[cc] ;W[ac]C[White wins big.]) (;B[ac] ;W[da] (;B[ba] ;W[ad]C[White wins the capturing race]) (;B[cc] ;W[ba] ;B[ca] ;W[ba]C[Black is lost!])) (;B[ba] ;W[ac]C[White lives])) (;B[ac] ;W[bd] (;B[ba] ;W[ca]C[White lives, black lives not]) (;B[ca] ;W[da] (;B[ba] ;W[ad]C[White wins the capturing race]) (;B[cc] ;W[ba] ;B[ca] ;W[ba]C[Black is dead]))) (;B[ba] ;W[ac]C[White has two eyes]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2229.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ca][ab][bb][cb]AB[da][ac][bc][cc][dd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[db] (;W[bd]C[W D2 is a variation] (;B[dc] ;W[cd]C[White wins!]) (;B[ba] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[aa] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ad] ;W[bd] ;B[cd]C[Black wins by one point - 4 prisoners against 3. RIGHT]) (;B[cd] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[da] ;B[ba] ;W[dc]C[White wins!]) (;B[ad] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[da] ;B[ba] ;W[dc]C[White wins!]) (;B[aa] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[ba] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ad] ;W[cd] ;B[bd]C[Black wins by one point - 4 prisoners against 3. RIGHT])) (;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[bd] (;B[ba] ;W[aa] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ad] ;W[bd] ;B[cd]C[Black wins by one point - 4 prisoners against 3. RIGHT]) (;B[dc] ;W[ad] ;B[cd]C[Black wins by one point - 3 prisoners against 2. RIGHT]))) (;B[dc] ;W[bd] ;B[db] ;W[ad]C[Black loses the capturing race]) (;B[bd] ;W[db] ;B[dc]C[White wins by two points!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2231.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bb][cb][bc]AB[ac][cc][dc][ad][bd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[cd] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ca] (;B[ba] ;W[aa]C[White wins by one point! Sad as it is, this is the best result for black.... RIGHT]) (;B[aa] ;W[ba]C[White wins by one point! Sad as it is, this is the best result for Black... RIGHT])) (;B[ab] ;W[cd] ;B[dd] ;W[db]C[Black is dead]) (;B[db] ;W[cd] ;B[dd] ;W[ab]C[Black is dead])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2234.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[da][ab][bb][bc][dc][bd]AB[cb][cc][cd][dd] (;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[db]C[Black wins by one point! B D3 instead of B C4 is also good, but B B4 woukd have been a mistake RIGHT]) (;B[db] ;W[ca] ;B[ba] ;W[ca] (;B[ac] ;W[aa]C[Black wins by one point - 3 prisoners against 2. B C4 instead of B D3 woud have been also okay and easier, but starting with B B4 doesn't work RIGHT ]) (;B[da] ;W[aa] ;B[ac] ;W[ca]C[Black is dead....])) (;B[ba] ;W[aa] ;B[db] ;W[ca] ;B[ba] ;W[ca] (;B[ac] ;W[ad]C[3 prisoners each, so it's a jigo! This isn't good enough - B C4 and B D3 instead of B B4 both win by one point.]) (;B[ad] ;W[ac]C[3 prisoners each, so it's a jigo! This isn't good enough - both B C4 and B D3 instead of B B4 win by one point]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2235.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ab]AB[ba][ca][ac][ad][bd][cd][dd]C[White to play, what's his best result?]PL[W] (;W[cc] ;B[bb] ;W[bc] ;B[aa] ;W[dc] ;B[ab] ;W[db]LB[cb:A]C[This is not a jigo - White A next would give Black a dead five point shape! RIGHT]) (;W[bb] ;B[cb] ;W[cc] ;B[dc] ;W[db] ;B[da]C[White is dead])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2238.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bc]AB[aa][ba][da][cc][dc][ad][cd][dd]C[White to play, what's his best result?]PL[W] (;W[cb] ;B[bb] ;W[ac] ;B[ca] ;W[bd] ;B[db]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[bb] ;B[cb]) (;W[bd] ;B[bb] ;W[ac] ;B[ab]C[A nice position, but a loss for White :)]) (;W[ac] ;B[cb]C[White is lost])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2239.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[db]AB[ca][ac][ad][bd][cd][dd]C[White to play - what's his best result?]PL[W] (;W[bb] (;B[cb] ;W[cc] (;B[bc] ;W[ab]C[A snapback - white wins.... RIGHT CHOICE]) (;B[dc] (;W[ab] ;B[da] ;W[bc]C[White wins! RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[bc] ;B[da] (;W[ab]C[White wins! RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[ba]C[White wins! RIGHT CHOICE])))) (;B[ab] ;W[ba]C[Black is lost RIGHT])) (;W[cb] ;B[bb]C[W C3 doesn't work])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2240.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bb]AB[aa][ba][ca][da][cc][ad]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[cb] (;B[db] (;W[dc] ;B[dd] (;W[ab] (;B[bc]C[Black D2 would be even worse!] ;W[dc] ;B[db] (;W[ca] ;B[ba]C[The only move] (;W[ac] ;B[bd]C[Seki! White wins by four points - 6 prisoners against 2. RIGHT]) (;W[aa] ;B[ac]C[This is not best for White because he will have to sacrifice a stone at B1 or C1, winning by only 3 points.])) (;W[ac] (;B[bd] ;W[ca] ;B[ba]C[Seki! White wins by four points - 6 prisoners against 2. RIGHT CHOICE]) (;B[ca] ;W[bd] ;B[ba]C[Seki! White wins by four points - 6 prisoners against 2. RIGHT CHOICE]))) (;B[dc] ;W[bc]C[Black is dead! RIGHT])) (;W[bc] ;B[bd]C[White is lost])) (;W[ab] ;B[dc] (;W[bc] ;B[bd]C[White is one liberty short]) (;W[bd] ;B[bc]C[White is dead])) (;W[bc] ;B[bd]C[White is lost])) (;B[ab] (;W[bc] (;B[ac]LB[db:A][bd:A]C[This is symmetric, so both any A will kill Black :) RIGHT]) (;B[db] ;W[cd] ;B[dc] ;W[bd]C[White wins! RIGHT])) (;W[db] ;B[bc] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] (;W[ba] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ac] ;W[bd] ;B[dd]C[Seki, White wins by two points - 5 prisoners against 3. This is not Whites best option!]) (;W[dc] ;B[cd] ;W[ba] ;B[ca] ;W[da]C[Seki! White wins by 5 points (6 prisoners against 1), but both players made mistakes up to here])))) (;W[bc] ;B[cb]C[White is lost]) (;W[ab] ;B[cb]C[White is lost])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2244.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ab]AB[ba][da][db][ac][ad][bd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[cc] ;B[bb] (;W[cb] (;B[bc] ;W[ca] ;B[cd] ;W[dc] ;B[db]C[Seki! White wins by 2 points - 3 prisoners against 1. RIGHT]) (;B[ca] ;W[bc]C[Black is dead. RIGHT])) (;W[bc] ;B[aa] (;W[cb] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[ca] ;W[ab] ;B[ac]C[Seki! White wins by 1 point, 3 prisoners against 2. This result is 1 point worse than Whites best result!]) (;W[cd] (;B[cb] ;W[ab] ;B[ac] ;W[dc]C[Seki! White wins by 1 point, 3 prisoners against 2. This is 1 point worse than the best result! CHOICE]) (;B[dc] ;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[ab] ;B[ac]C[Seki! White wins by one point, 3 prisoners against 2. This is one point worse than the best result! CHOICE]))) (;W[dc] ;B[cb]C[White is lost])) (;W[bc] ;B[cc] (;W[bb] ;B[cd]C[White is lost]) (;W[cd] ;B[bb]C[White can't make an eye, so he is dead!])) (;W[cd] ;B[bc] ;W[cc] ;B[bb]C[White can't do anything.....]) (;W[bb] ;B[cc]C[White is lost]) (;W[cb] ;B[cc]C[White is lost])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2261.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[aa][ab][cb][ac][cc][cd][dd]AB[da][bb][db][bc][dc][ad]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[ca] ;W[bd] (;B[ac] ;W[db] ;B[ba] ;W[ab] ;B[aa]C[Seki! Black wins by one point - 5 prisoners against 4. RIGHT]) (;B[db] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[ad] ;W[da]C[White wins!])) (;B[ba] ;W[ca] (;B[db] (;W[bd]C[Black loses the capturing race]) (;W[ab]C[This is a mistake!] ;B[dc] ;W[da] ;B[db] ;W[aa] ;B[ac] ;W[ab]C[Jigo!])) (;B[bd] ;W[ab]C[Black loses the capturing race]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2262.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[da][bb][ac][bc][dd]AB[aa][cb][db][cc][ad]C[Black to play - what's his best result?] (;B[cd] (;W[ba] (;B[bd]C[White can't play c4, so he is dead RIGHT]) (;B[ca] ;W[bd]C[This is only a jigo....])) (;W[ca] ;B[ba] ;W[ca] (;B[da] ;W[bd] ;B[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by three points (4 prisoners against 1) RIGHT]) (;B[bd] ;W[ab] ;B[ba]C[White is dead]))) (;B[ca] ;W[bd] (;B[ba] ;W[cd]C[This is only a jigo - seki....]) (;B[cd] ;W[ba]C[This is only a jigo])) (;B[ba] ;W[cd]C[This is only a jigo - seki]) (;B[dc] ;W[ba] (;B[cd] ;W[ca]C[White wins!]) (;B[ca] (;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[ad]C[Seki, White wins by one point (4 prisoners against 3)]) (;W[bd] ;B[cd]C[White wins by one point!]))) (;B[bd] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[ba] (;B[ca] ;W[ad]C[Black is lost]) (;B[dc] (;W[ca] ;B[cd] ;W[ab]C[Jigo, White wins by one point (3 prisoners against 2)]) (;W[cd] ;B[ca] ;W[ad]C[Jigo, White wins by one point (4 prisoners against 3)])))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2267.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bb][cb][dc]AB[aa][ab][ac][bd][cd][dd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[db] (;W[bc] ;B[cc] ;W[ca]C[Seki, Black wins by one point ( 1 prisoner against 0) RIGHT]) (;W[cc] ;B[ca] ;W[da] ;B[ba]C[White is lost RIGHT]) (;W[da] ;B[cc] ;W[db] (;B[ba]C[White is lost RIGHT]) (;B[bc]C[White is lost RIGHT]))) (;B[bc] ;W[ba]C[Black is dead!]) (;B[cc] ;W[db] (;B[ba] ;W[bc]C[Black is dead!]) (;B[ca] ;W[bc]C[Black is dead!])) (;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[cc] ;W[db]C[Seki, White wins by one point (1 prisoner against 0)]) (;B[ba] ;W[ca] ;B[cc] ;W[db]C[Seki, and jigo!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2268.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][da][bb][cd][dd]AB[ab][ac][bd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[bc] (;W[cb] ;B[cc] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by two points - 3 prisoners against 1 RIGHT]) (;W[db] ;B[cc] ;W[dc] ;B[cb]C[White is lost RIGHT]) (;W[dc] ;B[cb]C[White is dead RIGHT]) (;W[cc] ;B[cb]C[White is dead RIGHT])) (;B[cc] (;W[bc] ;B[dc] ;W[cd] ;B[dd] ;W[cb]C[White wins!]) (;W[cb]C[This gives Black a chance to reach the solution] ;B[bc] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[dc]C[Black wins by two points, but W C3 was clearly a mistake.... RIGHT]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2298.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][bb][cc]AB[ca][ab][db][ac][dc][ad][bd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[cb] (;W[cd] ;B[bc] ;W[aa] ;B[bc]C[Black wins by eleven points :) RIGHT]) (;W[bc] ;B[cd]C[White is lost! RIGHT])) (;B[cd] ;W[cb] (;B[bc] ;W[da]C[White wins]) (;B[dd] ;W[da]C[White connects the ko and wins by one point]) (;B[aa] ;W[da]C[White wins])) (;B[bc] ;W[cb] ;B[cd] ;W[da]C[White wins!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2301.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bb][bc]AB[db][cc][dc][bd][cd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[ca] (;B[ac] ;W[ab] ;B[cb] (;W[ba] ;B[ad]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[ad] ;B[ba]C[White is dead!])) (;B[cb] ;W[ac] ;B[da] ;W[ba] ;B[ab] ;W[aa]C[In this variation white wins by one point, but B C3 was a mistake. RIGHT])) (;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[ac]C[Since White can't play A3, he is dead.]) (;W[ba] ;B[ca] ;W[cb] ;B[ac]C[White can't play A3, so he is dead.]) (;W[ac] ;B[ca] ;W[cb] ;B[ba]C[White is dead.])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2303.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[cc][dc][cd]AB[aa][ab][cb][db][ac][ad][bd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[bb] ;B[ba] (;W[ca]C[After setting up this double snapback, White wins! RIGHT]) (;W[bc] ;B[dd]C[Uh-oh.....])) (;W[bc] ;B[bb]C[Black wins]) (;W[ba] (;B[ca]C[Black wins]) (;B[bb] ;W[ca] ;B[da] ;W[ca] ;B[ba]C[Seki! Black wins by three points only, but B B3 was a mistake.]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2305.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][ca][db][ac][dc][cd]AB[ab][bb][cc]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?!] (;B[bd] (;W[cb] (;B[bc] ;W[dd] ;B[ad]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner)! RIGHT]) (;B[dd] ;W[bc] ;B[ad] ;W[bc] ;B[ac] ;W[cd]C[Black is lost!])) (;W[dd] ;B[cb]C[This is not good for White :) RIGHT])) (;B[bc] ;W[bd] ;B[ad] ;W[dd] (;B[cb] ;W[ac]C[and White wins.]) (;B[ac] ;W[cb]C[White wins.]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2310.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[db][cc]AB[bb][ad][bd][cd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[bc] ;B[ac] (;W[ab] ;B[aa] (;W[dd] (;B[cb]C[Taking the ko is worse (see variations)] ;W[ab] ;B[ac] (;W[bd] ;B[ca]C[Seki! White wins by 2 points (4 prisoners against 2) RIGHT]) (;W[ca] ;B[bd]C[Seki! White wins by 2 points (4 prisoners against 2) RIGHT])) (;B[dc] ;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[dd]C[Black is completely lost RIGHT])) (;W[cb] ;B[ca]C[It's to late to start the ko now - Black wins by one point (the prisoner)]) (;W[ca] ;B[cb] ;W[dc]C[Black wins by one point (the prisoner)])) (;W[cb] ;B[ca]C[White can't start the ko anymore and will lose by one point (he has to sacrifice a stone to prevent a black eye)]) (;W[ca] (;B[ba] ;W[ab] ;B[aa] ;W[cb]C[B4??! Stupid Black :) Instead of this big mistake, he should have played B C3 (see variations).]) (;B[cb] ;W[dc] (;B[ba] ;W[ab]C[B4??! Stupid, stupid Black :) Of course, if Black plays c3 himself instead, it's a seki (see variations)]) (;B[ab] ;W[ba]C[Seki & jigo!]))) (;W[dd] (;B[ab] ;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[dc]C[Black wins!]) (;B[dc] ;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[dd] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[dc]C[Black wins!]))) (;W[cb] ;B[bc] ;W[ba] (;B[ab] ;W[ca]C[Seki & Jigo, but both can do better!]) (;B[ca] ;W[da] ;B[ab]C[White is lost - 'one eye beats no eye'!])) (;W[ca] ;B[bc] (;W[cb] ;B[ba] ;W[ab] ;B[dd] ;W[ac] ;B[aa] ;W[ab] ;B[ac]C[Maybe Black can also play d2 instead of d1, but as usual I am not sure about the rules :) Anyway, this is a three point win for black.]) (;W[ba] ;B[cb] ;W[dc] ;B[ab]C[Black wins!]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2311.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AB[ac][dc][ad][dd]C[White to move - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[cb] (;B[cc] (;W[bb] ;B[bc] (;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ca]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[db] ;B[ab] ;W[ba]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT])) (;W[bc] ;B[bb]C[Black wins!])) (;B[bb] ;W[cc] (;B[cd] ;W[db]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way]) (;B[ca] ;W[db]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way])) (;B[bc] ;W[cc] ;B[cd] ;W[db]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way]) (;B[db] ;W[bc]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way])) (;W[bb] (;B[bc] (;W[cb] ;B[cc] (;W[db] ;B[ab] ;W[ba]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ca]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT])) (;W[cc] ;B[cb]C[Black wins!])) (;B[cb] ;W[bc] (;B[ba] ;W[ab]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way]) (;B[bd] ;W[ab]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way])) (;B[cc] ;W[bc] ;B[bd] ;W[cb]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way]) (;B[ab] ;W[cc]C[White wins RIGHT but Black didn't play the right way])) (;W[cc] ;B[cb] (;W[cd] ;B[db]C[Black wins]) (;W[db] ;B[da] ;W[cd] ;B[bb]C[Black wins]) (;W[bc] ;B[bb]C[Black wins!])) (;W[bc] ;B[bb] (;W[bd] ;B[ab]C[Black wins]) (;W[ab] ;B[aa] ;W[bd] ;B[cb]C[Black wins]) (;W[cc] ;B[cb]C[Black wins!]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2312.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][da][ab][bc]AB[dc][bd][cd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[cb] (;W[bb] (;B[ca] ;W[cc] ;B[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT]) (;B[cc] ;W[ca]C[Seki & Jigo....])) (;W[cc] (;B[ca] ;W[bb] ;B[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT]) (;B[bb] ;W[ac] ;B[db]C[Black wins RIGHT]) (;B[db] ;W[ca]C[This time, WHITE has an eye, and black has no one...])) (;W[ca] ;B[bb]C[Black wins (one eye beats no eye) RIGHT])) (;B[cc] ;W[cb]C[Black missed the vital point])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2315.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[bd]AB[da][cb]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[bb] (;B[cc] ;W[bc] (;B[ba] (;W[cd] ;B[dc] ;W[ab] ;B[ac] (;W[ad]C[Seki, White wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT]) (;W[aa] ;B[ca] ;W[ad]C[Seki, White wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT]) (;W[dd] ;B[ca] ;W[ad]C[Seki, White wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT])) (;W[ab] ;B[cd]C[Black wins!])) (;B[cd] ;W[ba] (;B[ca] ;W[dc]C[White lives, Black is dead. RIGHT]) (;B[ac] ;W[dc] ;B[ab] ;W[ca]C[White wins RIGHT]))) (;B[ba] ;W[cc] ;B[ab] ;W[bc]C[Black has no eye, so White wins RIGHT])) (;W[cc] ;B[bb]C[Black wins - b3 is a point that can not be missed]) (;W[bc] ;B[bb]C[Black wins - b3 is a point that can not be missed])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2554.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[da][cb][db][dc]AB[ab][ac][cc][ad]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] (;B[bb] (;W[cd] (;B[bd] ;W[bc] (;B[ca] ;W[ba] ;B[cc]C[and Black wins. RIGHT]) (;B[ba] ;W[cc]C[White wins by one point!])) (;B[bc] ;W[ba]C[Seki & jigo]) (;B[ba] ;W[bc] ;B[bd] ;W[cc]C[Seki, White wins by one point (the prisoner)])) (;W[ba] ;B[cd]C[Black wins (one eye beats no eye) RIGHT])) (;B[bc] ;W[bb] (;B[ba] ;W[cd]C[Seki & jigo]) (;B[cd] ;W[ba]C[Seki & jigo])) (;B[cd] ;W[bb] (;B[ba] ;W[bc] ;B[bd]C[Seki & Jigo]) (;B[bc] ;W[ba]C[Seki & Jigo])) (;B[ba] ;W[bc] ;B[cd] ;W[bb] ;B[bd]C[Seki & jigo])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2574.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AB[aa][ba][dc][ad][dd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[cb] ;B[bc] (;W[cc] (;B[bb] ;W[cd] ;B[ca] ;W[db] ;B[bd]C[Seki, White wins by two points (2 prisoners against 0) RIGHT CHOICE ]) (;B[cd] (;W[bb] ;B[ab] (;W[db] ;B[ca] ;W[bd] ;B[cd]C[Seki, White wins by 2 points (3 prisoners against 1) RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[ca] ;B[db] ;W[ac] ;B[ab]C[Seki, White wins by two points (3 prisoners against 1) RIGHT CHOICE])) (;W[db] ;B[bb] ;W[bd] ;B[cd] (;W[ca] ;B[dc] ;W[dd] ;B[bd] (;W[ac] ;B[dc]C[Black wins]) (;W[ab] ;B[dc]C[Black wins])) (;W[ac] ;B[bd] ;W[ca] ;B[ab]C[White wins by one point (3 prisoners against 2). Not bad, but 1 point worse than the correct solution!])))) (;W[bb] (;B[cc] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ca] ;B[ac]C[Seki, White wins by two points (2 prisoners against 0) RIGHT CHOICE ]) (;B[ab] (;W[cc] ;B[cd] (;W[db] ;B[ca] ;W[bd] ;B[cd]C[Seki, White wins by two points (3 prisoners against 1) RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[ca] ;B[db] ;W[ac] ;B[ab]C[Seki, White wins by two points (3 prisoners against 1) RIGHT CHOICE])) (;W[ca] ;B[cc] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] (;W[bd] ;B[ac] ;W[db] ;B[cd]C[Seki, White wins by one point (3 prisoners against 2). Not bad, but one point worse than the correct solution!]) (;W[db] ;B[ba] ;W[aa] ;B[ac] (;W[bd] ;B[ba]C[Black wins]) (;W[cd] ;B[ba]C[Black wins])))))) (;W[bc] ;B[cb]LB[ac:A][bd:B]C[If you want to play A or B now, please choose A.] ;W[ac] (;B[cc] ;W[bd] ;B[bb] ;W[da] ;B[ab] (;W[ca] ;B[db] (;W[ca] ;B[da]C[Seki, Black wins by 2 points (3 prisoners against 1)]) (;W[da] ;B[ca]C[Seki, Black wins by 2 points (3 prisoners against 1)])) (;W[db] ;B[ca] (;W[da] ;B[db]C[Seki, Black wins by 2 points (3 prisoners against 1)]) (;W[db] ;B[da]C[Seki, Black wins by 2 points (3 prisoners against 1)]))) (;B[bd] (;W[cd] ;B[cc] ;W[bd] ;B[bb]C[Black wins! But B B1 was a mistake, and only succeeded because White answered with a mistake on his own (W C1 instead of W C2).]) (;W[cc] ;B[db] ;W[cd] ;B[bb]C[Seki, White wins by two points (2 prisoners against 1). B B1 was a mistake, and if White answers correctly with W c2 instead of W C1, he can win.])))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2578.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][cb][dc]AB[da][bb][ac][bd][cd][dd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[ab] (;B[aa] ;W[ca] (;B[ab] ;W[cc]C[With his next move, White will capture with D3, securing a jigo. RIGHT CHOICE]) (;B[cc] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[bc]C[White wins - BC2 was a mistake RIGHT])) (;B[bc] (;W[ca] ;B[aa] ;W[db] ;B[ab]C[Seki & Jigo! RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[db] ;B[aa] ;W[ca] ;B[ab]C[Seki & jigo! RIGHT CHOICE]) (;W[cc] ;B[aa]C[Black wins!]))) (;W[cc] ;B[ca] ;W[db] ;B[ca]C[Black wins]) (;W[ca] ;B[cc] ;W[ab] ;B[aa]C[Black wins])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2586.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[cc][dd]AB[db][bc][ad][bd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[bb] (;B[cb] (;W[ca] ;B[ab] ;W[ba]C[Seki & Jigo! Four groups on a 4x4 board.... B A3 was necessary, if White can play there, Black will have to sacrifice a stone, giving White a win. RIGHT]) (;W[ab] ;B[dc]C[W A3 is too slow])) (;B[dc] ;W[cb] ;B[cd] ;W[ab]C[White wins RIGHT])) (;W[cb] (;B[bb] (;W[ba] ;B[cd] ;W[ca] ;B[dc] ;W[ab]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner)]) (;W[ca] ;B[ba] ;W[ab] ;B[cd]C[Black wins big])) (;B[cd] ;W[bb] ;B[dc] ;W[ab]C[White wins, but B C1 was a mistake! This move should have been at B3.]))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2605.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][cc]AB[cb][dc][ad][bd][dd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[bb] ;B[bc] (;W[db] (;B[cd] ;W[ca] ;B[da] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] ;W[db]C[...and White wins. RIGHT]) (;B[da] ;W[ca] ;B[cd] ;W[db]C[...and White wins. RIGHT])) (;W[ca] ;B[db] (;W[ab] ;B[cd]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[da] ;B[cd] ;W[ab]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]))) (;W[bc] ;B[bb] (;W[ac] ;B[ab] ;W[cd] ;B[db]C[Black wins!]) (;W[ab] ;B[cd]C[Black wins!]) (;W[db] ;B[da] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[db] ;B[dc] (;W[ca] ;B[aa] (;W[ca] ;B[db]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!]) (;W[ba]C[Seki! Each side has 5 prisoners, so this is only a jigo!])) (;W[aa] ;B[ca] (;W[ba]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!]) (;W[aa]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!])))) (;W[db] (;B[bb]C[This is better than B D1!] (;W[bc] ;B[da] ;W[ac] ;B[ab] ;W[cd] ;B[bd] ;W[db] ;B[dc] (;W[ca] ;B[aa] (;W[ca] ;B[db]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!]) (;W[ba] ;B[db]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!])) (;W[aa] ;B[ca] (;W[ba]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!]) (;W[aa]C[Seki, each side has 5 prisoners. This is only a jigo!]))) (;W[cd] ;B[bc] (;W[dc] ;B[ca]C[Black wins]) (;W[ca] ;B[dc]C[Black wins]))) (;B[da] (;W[bc] ;B[bb]) (;W[bb] ;B[bc] ;W[ca] ;B[cd] ;W[db]C[White wins, but both W C1 and B D1 were mistakes!])))) (;GC[goproblems:prob2610.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[aa][cb][ac][bc]AB[ca][da][cc][dc][ad]C[Black to move - what's the best he can do?]PL[B] (;B[bb] (;W[ab] (;B[cd] ;W[ba] ;B[db] ;W[bd] ;B[bb]C[...and Black wins! RIGHT]) (;B[db] ;W[cd] (;B[dd] ;W[bd]C[Seki & Jigo (1 prisoner each)!]) (;B[ba] ;W[bd]C[Seki & Jigo (1 prisoner each)!])) (;B[bd] ;W[cd] (;B[bd] ;W[ba]C[White wins]) (;B[db] ;W[ba] ;B[bd] ;W[cb]C[White wins]))) (;W[cd] (;B[db] ;W[ab] (;B[ba] ;W[bd]C[Seki & Jigo (1 prisoner each) - B D3 was a mistake!]) (;B[dd] ;W[bd]C[Seki & Jigo (1 prisoner each) - B D3 was a mistake!])) (;B[ba]C[Black wins! RIGHT])) (;W[bd] ;B[cd] ;W[ab] ;B[db]C[...and Black wins. RIGHT])) (;B[cd] ;W[bb] ;B[db] ;W[bd]C[White wins!])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2617.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[ba][bb][ac][cc][ad][cd]AB[ca][ab][cb][dc][dd]C[Black to play - what's the best he can do?] ;B[bc] (;W[db] ;B[aa] (;W[bd] (;B[bb] ;W[dc]C[Seki & Jigo (2 prisoners each)! RIGHT]) (;B[dc] ;W[bb]C[Uh oh... White wins!]) (;B[da] ;W[bb]C[Uh oh... White wins!])) (;W[bb] ;B[bd] ;W[ac]C[Nice try, but since there is no stone at D4, Black can capture at B4.] ;B[ba]C[RIGHT])) (;W[bd] ;B[bc]C[This was easy :) RIGHT]) (;W[aa] ;B[ab]C[This was easy :) RIGHT])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2623.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AB[ad][bd][cd]C[White to play - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[cb] ;B[bb] (;W[ba] (;B[ab] ;W[cc] ;B[dc] (;W[bc] ;B[db] ;W[ca] ;B[ac]C[Seki & Jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[db] ;B[bc] ;W[ca] ;B[dd]C[Seki & Jigo! RIGHT]) (;W[ca] (;B[db] ;W[bc] ;B[ac]C[Seki & Jigo! RIGHT]) (;B[bc] ;W[db] ;B[dd]C[Seki & Jigo! RIGHT]))) (;B[bc] (;W[dc] ;B[cc] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[da]C[Sooner or later Black has to scarifice a stone to prevent a white eye. White wins by one point! RIGHT]) (;W[cc] (;B[dc] ;W[ab] ;B[db] ;W[ca]C[Seki & Jigo! W C2 was wrong....]) (;B[ab] ;W[dc] ;B[ca] ;W[da]C[White wins by one point - W C2 was a mistake, and B A3 was a mistake!])))) (;W[cc] ;B[ca] ;W[bc] ;B[ac] (;W[db] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[aa]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner)!]) (;W[dc] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[aa]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[ab] ;B[aa] (;W[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).])) (;W[ba] ;B[aa] (;W[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).])))) (;W[bb] ;B[cb] (;W[ca] ;B[db] ;W[bc] ;B[cc] (;W[ac] ;B[da]C[Black wins.]) (;W[ba] ;B[ac] ;W[ab] ;B[da]C[Black wins.]) (;W[dc] ;B[ac] ;W[ba] ;B[ab]C[Black wins.])) (;W[bc] ;B[cc] ;W[ca] ;B[ac]C[Black wins.])) (;W[cc] ;B[bb] ;W[cb] ;B[ca] ;W[bc] ;B[ac] (;W[db] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[aa]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner)]) (;W[dc] ;B[ab] ;W[ba] ;B[aa]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[ab] ;B[aa] (;W[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).])) (;W[ba] ;B[aa] (;W[db]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]) (;W[dc]C[Seki, Black wins by one point (the prisoner).]))) (;W[bc] ;B[cc] ;W[bb] ;B[cb] ;W[ca] ;B[ac]C[Black wins.])) (;GC[goproblems:prob2637.html]GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:2]ST[2]RU[Japanese]SZ[4]KM[0.00]PW[Weiß]PB[Schwarz]AW[cb][cc]AB[ba][ab][ac][bc][ad][cd]C[White to move - what's the best he can do?]PL[W] (;W[ca] (;B[bb] ;W[dc] ;B[db] ;W[da]C[Seki, White wins by one point (the prisoner) RIGHT]) (;B[dc] ;W[bb] ;B[db] ;W[aa]C[White wins big, B D2 was bad! RIGHT])) (;W[bb] ;B[ca] (;W[dc]C[Seki & Jigo!]) (;W[db]C[Seki & Jigo!])) (;W[dc] ;B[ca] ;W[bb]C[Seki & Jigo!]) (;W[dd] ;B[dc] ;W[db] ;B[bb] ;W[dd] ;B[bd] ;W[ca] ;B[dc]C[Black wins!]))