hoshi911: "unsettled" should be wrong.
The solutions say 9 vs 9 liberties. However, white has only 8 liberties, because A9 counts only as one liberty for white. If this is the last liberty which black fills, he does not have to play A7
beforehand! So white is dead,
whoever plays first.
"unsettled" should be wrong. The solutions say 9 vs 9 liberties. However, white has only 8 liberties, because A9 counts only as one liberty for white. If this is the last liberty which black fills, he does not have to play A7 beforehand! So white is dead, whoever plays first.