1996-10-27 last update, 1996-7-7 first day
Robert Jasiek, jasiek@berlin.snafu.de

Conventions

B, W are black, white.
a..o are moves on board points named a..o . If a ko string near to a letter is captured and this letter point is already occupied by some stone, then a move on a point denoted by the letter is meant to be played on the empty point near to the letter where the captured ko string was.
p is pass and t is tenuki from ko (board play elsewhere) with letter-denotations.
M is a move on the board point of the nearest marked stone.
[] denotes a move-sequence of alternating moves of both players.
[]* denotes infinite repeatition of [].
[]# denotes the last move of [].
B[] resp. W[] are move-sequences started by B resp. W.
.. denote obvious short cuts of parts of [].
+[] denotes the best case: shortest [] with expected outcome
-[] denotes the worst case: long [] with expected outcome
FK, DK, DLife, DDeath are fighting ko, disturbing ko, disturbing life, disturbing death.
MS is move-sequence.
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