Interesting Tsumego Problems

A2 seems working?

then b5

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Black 3 at B5 is more direct?

White 2 will atari at 4 directly

In that case Atari atari 2eyes B5 A5 A7

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A different kind of problem. Black just played a move wrongly and white can kill at the triangle spot. What is the move that black just played? How could black have lived instead of playing that move? Problem 1 has one answer and Problem 2 has two answers.

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interersting

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Black to kill

Black to live

Hint

Black can do better than a ko!

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Black to live - The Hikaru no Go Problem

It’s a famous problem that appeared in Hikaru no Go, but do you know all the variations?

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Black to live

Taken from an actual pro game. Posted this a long time ago but it’s quite interesting so I’m sharing it again. How can black make the entire group alive?

Hint

Black needs to make use of white’s weakness on both sides.

Black to play.

Sharing this classical tsumego once again.
You may get stuck the more you look at it.
Hint: The 5th move is the key!

For the previous tsumego, the solution is explained here.

Tsumego 35: Black to kill

Please ignore the number as that one is just a reference for myself.

For the previous problem, there’s an explanation of the solution here.

Tsumego 36: Black to live

For the previous problem, please see the explanation for the solution here.

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Tsumego 37: Black to play

An explanation of the solution for the previous problem can be found here.