(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[0.00] AW[bo][cp][dp][ep][fp][gp][hp][aq][bq][hq][hr][jr]AB[lp][cq][dq][fq][gq][ar][br][dr][gr][as][bs][hs]KK[^Bestiary^Xuanxuan Qijing] (;W[fs] (;B[eq] (;W[es] ;B[gs] (;W[ds] (;B[er] (;W[cr] (;B[cs] ;W[cr] ;B[br] (;W[bs]C[Here appears the thematic two-step ko] ;B[cs] ;W[ar] ;B[as] (;W[ir]C[This incredible move is not even solid enough to prevent Black from excaping] ;B[fr] (;W[bs] ;B[is]C[Threat of a ko threat] (;W[cr] ;B[js] (;W[kr] ;B[br] ;W[es] ;B[as] ;W[ds]C[Intrinsic threat] ;B[fs] ;W[bs] ;B[ks] ;W[lr] (;B[as]C[The classic continuation ; Black will end captured on the next corner I still show all the variations I studied, because I dont want this work to be lost :-)] ;W[ds]C[Last white threat] ;B[es] ;W[bs] ;B[ls] ;W[cr] (;B[mr]C[This (the classical variation) is perhaps not fast enough] ;W[ds] ;B[ms] (;W[mq] ;B[nr] (;W[oq] (;B[or] (;W[pq]C[White cannot block] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rr] ;B[qs] ;W[os] (;B[nq] ;W[np] ;B[mp] ;W[lq] ;B[op] ;W[no] ;B[rq]C[Up to that point, no other way to exploit the weaknesses] ;W[rp] ;B[sq]TW[br][as]C[Two-stones edge squeeze] ;W[sr] ;B[qp] ;W[sp] ;B[rq] ;W[sq] ;B[pp] ;W[rq]C[Now, Black has many possible moves, but none seem to work (I almost never show White failures)] (;B[qn] ;W[rn]C[Here again , more possibilities that would appear at first sight] (;B[on] (;W[nn]C[White must first prevent the geta, while getting some counter-attack] (;B[ro]C[Perhaps the hardest move to refute] ;W[so] ;B[rm] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[qm] ;B[ro] ;W[sn] (;B[nm] ;W[lo] (;B[pm] ;W[ql] ;B[rl] ;W[rk] ;B[qk] ;W[pl] ;B[rj] ;W[qo] ;B[pn] ;W[sk]C[Last hard tesuji...] ;B[sj] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sl] ;W[ns] ;B[sm] ;W[ds] ;B[ps] ;W[ns] ;B[cs] ;W[rk]C[Enabling this miraculous intrinsic threat] ;B[sk] ;W[ds]) (;B[rl] ;W[pm] (;B[pn] ;W[om]) (;B[om] ;W[pn])) (;B[ql] ;W[pm] ;B[rl] ;W[pn])) (;B[rl] ;W[pm] ;B[om] ;W[pn] ;B[oo] ;W[qo] ;B[nm] ;W[lo]) (;B[ql] ;W[pm] ;B[om] ;W[pl] ;B[ol] ;W[pk] ;B[pn] ;W[rl] ;B[mm] ;W[lo])) (;B[rm] ;W[ro] (;B[qo] (;W[rl]C[Only defense] ;B[qm] ;W[sn] ;B[rs] ;W[sm] ;B[qk] ;W[rk] ;B[qj] ;W[rj] ;B[ri] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sj] ;W[ss] ;B[ql] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[sl] ;B[si] ;W[ds]C[Black has no more threat]) (;W[rs]C[This move fails] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sn] ;W[ns] ;B[sm] ;W[ds] ;B[ps] ;W[ns] ;B[cs] ;W[qm] ;B[so]C[Black is alive])) (;B[qm] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sn] ;W[ds] ;B[qo] ;W[ns] ;B[cs] ;W[sm] ;B[sl] ;W[ds] ;B[ps] ;W[ns] ;B[cs] ;W[om] ;B[sm] ;W[ds]C[Easy for White])) (;B[om] ;W[qm] (;B[mm] ;W[lo]C[No geta in this case]) (;B[ln] ;W[mm]C[White escapes easily]))) (;W[rm] ;B[mn] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[nn] ;W[ds] ;B[oo])) (;B[rm]C[This move must not be played first : Black is lost in a (short) ladder] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[pn] ;B[ro] ;W[oo] ;B[qo] ;W[qm] ;B[sn] ;W[so] ;B[rn] ;W[rl]) (;B[pm]C[This move is quite tricky] ;W[rm]C[Forced] ;B[mn] (;W[on]C[Only solution] (;B[om] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[pn] ;B[ro] ;W[oo] ;B[qo] ;W[qm]C[Another miracle]) (;B[pn] ;W[om] (;B[ol] ;W[nm]C[Impossible to block] (;B[cs] ;W[br] (;B[ll] ;W[nl]) (;B[mk] ;W[mm] ;B[lm] ;W[ll] ;B[ml] ;W[ln] ;B[km] ;W[kp] ;B[lo] ;W[kn] ;B[ko] ;W[jn] ;B[jo] ;W[mo] ;B[oo] ;W[nn] ;B[nl] ;W[mn] ;B[in] ;W[jm])) (;B[ql] ;W[rl] ;B[ll] ;W[nl] ;B[nk] ;W[ok] ;B[pl] ;W[mk] ;B[rk]C[White has too many liberties] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[ro] ;W[so] ;B[qo] ;W[ps] ;B[sl] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[sn] ;B[sk] ;W[ds])) (;B[pl] ;W[nl] (;B[rl] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[ro] ;W[so] ;B[qo] ;W[ps] ;B[qm] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[sn] ;B[sl] ;W[ds]) (;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[rs] ;W[rk] ;B[ro] ;W[so] ;B[qo] ;W[sn] ;B[qj] ;W[rj]))) (;B[qm] ;W[om] ;B[ol] (;W[nm] ;B[rl] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[ro] ;B[pn] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[ll] ;W[nl] ;B[nk] ;W[pl]) (;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[ro] ;B[pn] ;W[nm] ;B[rl] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[ll] ;W[nl]))) (;W[nn]C[One liberty missing] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[mm] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[rs] ;B[om] ;W[ps] ;B[on] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[qo] ;B[oo])) (;B[qm]C[Another hard one] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[ro] (;B[on] ;W[nn] ;B[nm] ;W[lo] ;B[rm] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sn] ;W[ps] ;B[sm] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[pn] ;B[pm] ;W[ds]) (;B[pn] ;W[rm] ;B[mn] ;W[nn] ;B[mm] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[om] ;B[ol] ;W[ql] (;B[pl] ;W[pm] ;B[mo] ;W[rl]) (;B[pm] ;W[pl]))) (;B[ro]C[Against the hanekomi, but Black loses one liberty] ;W[so] ;B[qo] (;W[qm] (;B[rm] ;W[sn] ;B[rl] ;W[pn] ;B[pm] ;W[ql] ;B[pl] ;W[qk] ;B[on] ;W[oo]) (;B[on] ;W[nn] (;B[rm] ;W[sn] ;B[ql] ;W[pm] ;B[om] ;W[rl] ;B[ln] ;W[mm] ;B[pl] ;W[sm] ;B[rk] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[pn] ;W[ps] ;B[sk] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[ps] ;B[cs] ;W[sl] ;B[rm] ;W[qm] ;B[pm] ;W[ds]) (;B[nm] ;W[lo] ;B[rm] ;W[sn] ;B[rl] ;W[ql] ;B[qk]))) (;W[rm] ;B[qm] ;W[ql] ;B[pl] ;W[qk] ;B[mn] ;W[nn] ;B[mm] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[om] (;B[ol] ;W[pm]C[Temporary seki]) (;B[pm] ;W[ol] ;B[ok] ;W[nk] ;B[ml] ;W[pk] ;B[oj] ;W[oo])))) (;B[ro] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[qn] ;B[pn] ;W[rn] ;B[mn] ;W[nn] ;B[nm] ;W[mo] ;B[lo] ;W[ln] ;B[mm] ;W[ko]) (;B[pn] ;W[rn] (;B[qn] ;W[rm] ;B[mn] ;W[nn] ;B[mm] ;W[om] ;B[ql] (;W[rl]C[Failure, but I show it too, as it is quite tricky, alors je le montre aussi] ;B[ol] ;W[pm] ;B[qm] ;W[pl] ;B[pk] (;W[qo]C[Even this clever order of moves...] ;B[po] ;W[ok] (;B[rk]C[ ... fails] ;W[nl] ;B[ro] ;W[so] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[rs] ;W[qo] ;B[sl] ;W[ss] ;B[ro]) (;B[nl] ;W[qk] (;B[pj] ;W[on] ;B[ro] ;W[oo]) (;B[nm] ;W[pj]))) (;W[ok]C[Failure :] ;B[on] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[qk] ;B[pj] ;W[oo] ;B[mo])) (;W[ol] ;B[rl] ;W[qo] (;B[on] ;W[qm] ;B[po] ;W[pm] ;B[ro] ;W[oo]) (;B[po] ;W[ro] (;B[rs] ;W[qm] ;B[pm] ;W[pl]) (;B[pl] ;W[rs] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[ok]C[Too many white liberties] ;W[nl] ;B[mj] ;W[on] ;B[nk] ;W[ps] ;B[ml] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] ;W[cs] ;B[mo] ;W[qj] ;B[oo] ;W[os])))) (;B[mn] ;W[nn] ;B[mm] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[pm] ;B[qn] ;W[qm] ;B[om] ;W[on] ;B[ol] ;W[qo])) (;B[oo] ;W[on] ;B[nn] ;W[mo] (;B[pn] ;W[om] ;B[nm] ;W[lo] ;B[ro] ;W[qo] ;B[po] ;W[qn] ;B[pm] ;W[rn]) (;B[qo] ;W[rn] ;B[nm] ;W[lo] ;B[pn] ;W[ro])) (;B[qo]C[Strange, but even this move is hard to counter...] ;W[rn] ;B[qn] ;W[rm] ;B[qm] ;W[ql] ;B[pl] ;W[qk] ;B[mn] ;W[nn] (;B[mm] ;W[nm] ;B[nl] ;W[om] (;B[ol] ;W[pm]C[Another funny seki] ;B[oo] ;W[pn] ;B[mo] ;W[ro]) (;B[pm] ;W[ol] ;B[ok] ;W[pk] ;B[nk] ;W[oo]C[Seki or live] (;B[mo] ;W[pn]) (;B[po] ;W[ro]) (;B[pn] ;W[ro] ;B[mo]))) (;B[nm] ;W[mo] ;B[lo] ;W[ln] ;B[mm] ;W[ko])) (;B[on]C[Probably the worst move] ;W[oo] (;B[pn] ;W[po] ;B[qo] ;W[qn]) (;B[qo] ;W[qn] ;B[ro] ;W[rn]))) (;B[cs]C[As it is absolute sente, Black must take the ko at the last possible moment ; I don't show it always in all the variations] ;W[br] ;B[nq] ;W[np] ;B[mp]C[Etc. (see main variation)])) (;W[pr] ;B[nq] ;W[np] ;B[pq] ;W[op] ;B[qr])) (;B[nq]C[This vaariation is almost as complicated] ;W[np] ;B[mp] ;W[lq] ;B[op] ;W[no] (;B[pq] ;W[or] ;B[cs] ;W[pr] ;B[br] ;W[as] ;B[qq] ;W[qr] ;B[oo] ;W[nn] ;B[rr] ;W[rq] ;B[rp] ;W[pp] ;B[qp] ;W[po] ;B[on] ;W[qo] (;B[nm] ;W[lo] ;B[ro] ;W[om] ;B[pn] ;W[qn] ;B[pm] ;W[rs] ;B[sq] ;W[cr] ;B[mn] ;W[mo] ;B[br] ;W[os] ;B[qs] ;W[cr] ;B[ko] ;W[kp] ;B[br] ;W[qm] ;B[pl] ;W[cr] ;B[ss] ;W[ds]C[Another example of how intricate it might become]) (;B[ro] ;W[om] ;B[pn] ;W[qn] ;B[pm] ;W[sr] (;B[rs] ;W[rn] (;B[qm] ;W[sp] ;B[sq] ;W[cr] ;B[so] ;W[ds]C[Another example of how intricate it might become]) (;B[sq] (;W[os] ;B[pl] ;W[cr] ;B[nm] ;W[ds]) (;W[pl]C[Even there, one must be very careful] ;B[os] ;W[qm] ;B[qs] ;W[cr] ;B[ps] ;W[op]C[Black is already alive]))) (;B[sq] ;W[rs] (;B[ss] ;W[cr] ;B[nm] ;W[ds]) (;B[os] ;W[rq] ;B[qm] ;W[sp])))) (;B[or]C[Back to main variation]))) (;W[nq]C[Strange, but this move leaves more weaknesses] ;B[or] ;W[pq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rr] ;B[qs] ;W[os] ;B[oq] ;W[op] ;B[np] ;W[mp] ;B[pp] ;W[no] ;B[qp] ;W[rq] ;B[rp] ;W[rs] ;B[sq] ;W[ns] ;B[cs] ;W[br] ;B[sr])) (;AE[lp]C[In the original problem (without the marked stone), White might "simply" capture in geta] ;W[nq] ;B[mq] ;W[mp] ;B[lp] (;W[np] ;B[or] ;W[nr] ;B[ns] ;W[pq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[lq] ;W[lo] ;B[ko] ;W[kp] ;B[mo] ;W[ln] ;B[oq] ;W[op] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[ro] ;B[sr] ;W[rs] ;B[os] ;W[qs]) (;W[mo] ;B[or] ;W[nr] ;B[oq] ;W[np] ;B[ns]))) (;B[nr]C[Black must come out as fast as possible ; this nex idea seems to work] ;W[ds] ;B[ms] ;W[mr] ;B[ns]C[even if black dont play the ko] (;W[nq]C[Doesnt work; only the geta is left] ;B[or] (;W[pq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[sr] ;B[rs] ;W[ps] ;B[oq] ;W[op] ;B[pp] ;W[oo] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[rp]) (;W[oq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[sr] ;B[rs] ;W[ps] ;B[pq] ;W[pp] ;B[qp] ;W[rp] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[qn] ;W[rn] ;B[qm] (;W[cs] ;B[op] ;W[po] ;B[oo] ;W[pn] ;B[om]) (;W[op] ;B[rm] ;W[sq] ;B[sn] ;W[so] ;B[sm]))) (;W[oq] ;B[nq] ;W[op] ;B[np]C[even without the marked stone..]))) (;B[ls]C[Looks absurd, yet, this line, which seem to have been missed by almost everybody, let Black escapes.... if white follows suit ; but there is another possibility. I thought this ended the matter, but see move 36 of main variation] (;W[mr] ;B[as] ;W[ds] ;B[es] ;W[bs] ;B[ms] ;W[cr] ;B[nr] ;W[ds] ;B[ns] (;W[oq]C[Without the extra stone, this geta could perhaps work ; I show one exemple] ;B[nq] ;W[op] ;B[np] ;W[no] (;AE[lp] ;B[mo] ;W[nn] ;B[pr] ;W[or] ;B[os] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[qo] ;B[lp] ;W[ln] ;B[mn] ;W[mm] ;B[nm] ;W[lm]C[Here, Black is caught. But...]) (;B[mo]C[With the stone in place, of course, it doesn't work])) (;W[nq] ;B[or] (;W[pq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[sr] ;B[rs] ;W[ps] ;B[oq] ;W[op] ;B[np] ;W[mq] ;B[pp] ;W[oo] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[rp] ;W[sp] ;B[qp] ;W[sq] ;B[ss]) (;W[oq] ;B[pr] ;W[qq] ;B[qr] ;W[rq] ;B[rr] ;W[sr] ;B[rs] ;W[ps] ;B[pq] ;W[pp] ;B[qp] ;W[rp] ;B[qo] ;W[ro] ;B[qn] ;W[rn] ;B[op] ;W[po] ;B[oo] ;W[pn] ;B[on] ;W[pm] ;B[mq] ;W[np] ;B[mp] ;W[no] ;B[nn] ;W[mo] ;B[lo] ;W[mn] ;B[mm]C[This sequence would succeed even without the extra stone]))) (;W[cr]C[This is possible too] ;B[mr] ;W[mq] ;B[br] ;W[oq] ;B[as] ;W[ds] ;B[es] ;W[bs] ;B[nr] ;W[cr] ;B[or] ;W[ds] ;B[ms] ;W[pq]C[We are back to main variation]))) (;W[ds] ;B[kr] ;W[kq] ;B[lr] ;W[lq] ;B[mq])) (;W[js] ;B[as] ;W[ds] ;B[es] ;W[bs] ;B[cr])) (;W[es] ;B[bs])) (;W[is]C[Black would go through a faster block like a ghost] ;B[fr] ;W[bs] ;B[ir] (;W[cr] ;B[iq] ;W[jq] ;B[br] ;W[es] ;B[js] ;W[ks] ;B[as] ;W[ds] ;B[is] ;W[bs] ;B[jp]C[No way to block] ;W[ip] ;B[kr] ;W[kq] ;B[lq] ;W[lr] ;B[kp] ;W[kr] ;B[mr]) (;W[iq] ;B[as]C[White has no threat]))) (;W[cs] ;B[bs])) (;B[is] ;W[cs])) (;W[is] ;B[cr])) (;B[cr] ;W[er])) (;W[cr] ;B[ds] ;W[cs] ;B[br])) (;W[gs] ;B[es] ;W[cs] ;B[cr]) (;W[ds]C[Wrong order of moves] ;B[es] ;W[er] ;B[fr] (;W[es] ;B[gs] ;W[cr] ;B[cs]) (;W[cs] ;B[gs]) (;W[cr] ;B[cs] ;W[cr] ;B[es]C[White has no ko threats ]))) (;B[gs]C[This simple variation is the only one given in the old collections !] (;W[cs] (;B[ds]C[Black looks alive, but this is a variant of thieves play] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[is] ;B[fr] ;W[cr]) (;B[cr]C[Here, Black is dead (nakade)] ;W[er] ;B[eq] ;W[ds] ;B[es] ;W[ds] (;B[is] ;W[kr] ;B[np] ;W[es] ;B[pp] ;W[fr]) (;B[fr] ;W[es] ;B[cs] ;W[es]))) (;W[ds] ;B[er] ;W[cr] ;B[es] ;W[cs] ;B[br]) (;W[er] ;B[eq] ;W[ds] ;B[fr])) (;B[fr] (;W[cs] ;B[ds] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[gs]) (;W[ds] ;B[er] ;W[es]))) (;B[] (;W[cs]C[Other attacks fail] (;B[cr] (;W[er] ;B[eq] ;W[fs] ;B[ds] ;W[gs] ;B[es]) (;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[fs] ;B[gs])) (;B[ds] ;W[fs] (;B[gs] ;W[eq] ;B[er] ;W[is] ;B[fr] ;W[cr]) (;B[fr] ;W[eq]))) (;W[er] ;B[eq] (;W[ds] ;B[fr] (;W[cr] ;B[es]) (;W[es] ;B[fs])) (;W[fs] ;B[fr] ;W[ds] ;B[gs])) (;W[es] ;B[ds])))