BeginnerExercise146/Solution

Solution  

Black must play to protect the stones from being captured. For the rather difficult question of what should happen next, see /Discussion.

Failure 1: black is captured  

here is the move actually played in the game.

Failure 2: too mild  

This choice for saves the stones from being captured, but doesn't put any pressure on white's group above.

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