Beginner Exercise 32 / Solution

A peeping tom saves the day  

The peep must be answered or Black escapes to the strong reinforcements just outside White's walls. After , Black has two eyes.

Failures  

Playing either a or b will leave White playing the other point - one eye only.

Black should have peeped first  

takes away Black's potential eye and prevents the thrust - suicide either is forbidden or includes self-capture. Black dies here.

A peeping tom saves the day, Variation 1  

In case the peep is answered differently, the move order changes... eventually White will play at .

Black first to save his group at the corner.  

Black is the vital point. White has to play at to prevent the capture of the marked White stone(s). From there, Black secures the second eye by playing at . White has the choice of either 'a' or 'b' for the fifth play, but should choose 'a' otherwise White will lose a point of territory. If White tried to close off the potential eye at by playing there after , Black can simply play where is, White can't protect itself from this and will be captured; if White chooses this route then it will lose 3 more points of territory and 2/3 prisoners depending how White chooses to play.

Failure ?.  

What about this situation? If white answers at he still can prevent black from creating two eyes.

Black would be putting himself into atari with that move at 3 which seems a little silly to me - VanEvery

not so fast  

Only if black wants to give it away... a and b are miai - Joshual000