14. A Simple Life and Death Problem
Even a Monkey Can Fall from a Tree


by Richard Bozulich


Having presented such a long and diffcult problem in Instalment #13, as a relief, here is a simple life-and-death problem. With a bit of thought, a 15-kyu player should have no trouble solving it.


Black to play
Problem. Black to play
The outcome of this game depends on Black living with his marked stones. What is the key move that will enable Black to make two eyes?


Answer