Beginner Exercise 182 / Solution

Status of the white group?  

Seems white needs another move here. With this , white lives in sente (with respect to ).^[1] Without by white, white is short of liberties after black ataris at a.

Failure  

LukeNine45: Right. Here is the threat played out.

Failure 2  

If this , White still dies.

Alive, but smaller  

JoelR: This lives, but with less area than the best solution. If at , at .