Weekly Go problems: Week 113

Here are the weekly Go problems for week 113.

Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun!

Easy Go problem

It’s easy to trap stones near the edge of the board, but you need to watch your own liberties too.

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Intermediate Go problem

Capturing races play a role in life and death problems too.

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Hard Go problem

Once upon a time, I showed this problem to a 7d who was sharing accommodation with me at a Go tournament. He lay awake all night, confounded by it.

The next morning, he burst out of the door jubilantly (still half dressed) announcing “I’ve fixed the problem.” Indeed he had, but he didn’t play as well as usual in the tournament that day…

You can solve this problem too, if you avoid jumping to conclusions.

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