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Template Va

Does the hex at a1 really have to be empty? --Roland Illig 14:02, 15 Jun 2007 (CEST)

Not sure I understand your question, Roland. It says in the next paragraph that hexes marked '*' are not relevant to the template, i.e. it doesn't matter whether a1 is empty or not. I think I will move this discussion shortly to the Talk page, so that it doesn't disturb the flow of the tutorial. — turing 13:53, 14 Jul 2007 (CEST)

Oops, I meant either J1 or A6, though I don't remember which one I meant. :( --Roland Illig 23:52, 8 Sep 2007 (CEST)

This is based on template Va, but there are three more blue stones at a6, b5, c4.

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I've marked all uninteresting moves with stars. After one of these moves, Red can play at f4 and has Template IIIa to one of the sides. This leaves eight interesting moves:

• Bf3 Rh3: Template IVa
• Bg3 Rf3 Be5 Wf4 Bf5 Rg4 Bg5: Red lost.
• Bf4...
• Be5...
• Bf5...
• Bd6...
• Be6...
• Bf6...