On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 16:52 -0700, steve uurtamo wrote:
> > The attack is easily
> > refuted with a capture, and when that happens no time was lost.   But
> > the opponent must capture immediately or the threat Lazarus made
> > actually works.
> 
> this, in fact, is a ko threat.  if you play it *outside* of a ko, then it's a
> wasted ko threat.  no big loss if there are no kos expected and no
> lost kos have happened.  otherwise it's more tricky.


How is this a ko threat?   Lazarus threatens a chain of 4 or 5 stones
with a self-atari move.   If the opponent captures, where is the ko?
If the opponent doesn't capture, where is the ko?

- Don



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