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Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: With some experience, black’s first move should become reflexive. Intermediate Go problem: Save as many of black’s stones as you can. Hard Go problem: If reducing eyespace from the outside doesn’t work, the next thing you should try is a placement on the vital point…

Here are the weekly Go problems for week 86. Black plays first in all problems and all solutions are labeled ‘correct’. Have fun! Easy Go problem There are five different ways for black to defend his stone on the second line. Each one serves a special purpose in the right circumstances. Download the solutions to [...]

Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Black should be able to win this capturing race. Intermediate Go problem: Under normal circumstances black would be in trouble here. Hard Go problem:
White’s just struck at the vital point. Try to resist, but be careful not to end up short of liberties…

Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem; Black can decisively win the capturing race with a single move. Intermediate Go problem: White’s short of liberties, but so are you. Hard Go problem: There are only a few possible moves. Don’t give up too early.

Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Black’s position looks miserable, but you can turn things around with a beautiful tesuji. Intermediate Go problem: Don’t just try to cut white’s stones, try to capture them. Hard Go problem: Finding the first move is the only hard part this week…

Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: It might look like black’s under attack and white’s flexible, but there’s a crucial defect in white’s shape. Intermediate Go problem: When there are two places where you’d like to defend at once, you can sometimes prepare a makeshift defense in sente…

Here are the weekly Go problems. Easy Go problem: Black can paralyze white with a single blow to the vital point. Intermediate Go problem: To defend against a double threat you need a double defense. Hard Go problem: If you can find black’s beautiful tesuji, you can avoid the fiendish variations…

This famous problem has appeared in various incarnations, in classic Go problem collections like the Xuanxuan Qijing. It’s one of my all time favorite problems, along with the ‘Monkey Magic’ problem from week 30. It looks like two separate problems, but it’s actually just one…