Life-and-Death Problems

Try your hand at these life-and-death problems. Study each one before clicking on the Solution button to view the answer.
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Problem No. 1 Black to play
and live		 Source:
Maeda Vol. I
Prob. 132

Problem No. 2 Black to play
and kill		 Source:
Maeda Vol. I
Prob. 220

Problem No. 3 Black to play
and live		 Source:
Maeda Vol. I
Prob. 68

More Problems

Steven hopes to add more problems in the future, but he’s hoping to present original ones. If you would like to create some problems and see them here, send them to Steven (your name will appear above the problem, unless you prefer anonymity). Ideally, problems should not exceed 8 lines in width and 9 in height. These problems can relate to life-and-death or tesuji.

If you feel that your computer skills are on the weak side, no problem, simply get in touch with Steven by E-mail and he can provide you with his snail-mail address. This way you can mail him your go problems on paper.
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