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== Puzzle 1 ==
 
== Puzzle 1 ==
<hex>R11 C11 Vd1 Vd2 Vd3 Vd4 Vd5 Vd6 Vd7 Vd9 Vd10 Vd11 Vh6 Vh7 Hc2 Hd8 Hh9 Hi4 Hf7</hex>
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<hex>
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R11 C11 Q1
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Vd1 Vd2 Vd3 Vd4 Vd5 Vd6 Vd7 Vd9 Vd10 Vd11 Vh6 Vh7 Hc2 Hd8 Hh9 Hi4
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H1f7 +g5 +g8
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</hex>
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No matter what Red does, Blue can connect via either g5 or g8. Both blue stones at the right are connected to the right (see the [[Strategy guide]] for details). The stone at d8 is connected to the left because of the ladder breaker at c2.
  
 
== Puzzle 2 ==
 
== Puzzle 2 ==

Revision as of 04:55, 17 September 2007

Puzzle 1

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No matter what Red does, Blue can connect via either g5 or g8. Both blue stones at the right are connected to the right (see the Strategy guide for details). The stone at d8 is connected to the left because of the ladder breaker at c2.

Puzzle 2

Puzzle 3

Puzzle 4

Puzzle 5

Puzzle 7

The unique winning first move is Red c3! (e2 is defeated by e3, d3 is defeated by e1, e3 is defeated by e2, and b4 is defeated by d3).

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The following seem like horizontal's (Blue's) best tries from the above position.

1. d2 e2 2. d5 c5 3. d4 b3 4. c4 a5
1. d3 b3 2. b5 e3
1. e1 d2 2. d1 d1 3. c4 b3 4. e3 a5 or 4. b5 e3
........ .... 2. c4 b3 3. c5 e3 4. e4 f3 5. e6 d5
1. d5 b3 2. d2 b2 3. c4 a5 4. a6 c5 5. b5 e3 6. d5 f5
........ .... ........ .... 3. b5 c5 4. c4 e3
........ .... ........ .... 3. b6 a6 4. b4 c5 5. c4 e3 6. e6 d4
1. c4 e3 2. e2 b3 3. d3 a5
1. b5 d4 2. d3 f2 3. f1 d2 4. c4 e2 5. e4 e3 6. c5 e5
........ .... 2. e1 d2 3. d1 f1 4. e2 f2...
1. b4 d2 2. d5 c5 3. c4 e3 4. d4 e5