Beginner Exercises / Consolidated 26 - 50

White first to kill.  

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Black first, is it possible to save both groups?  

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White first, what happens?  

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For Black to live, he must win the capturing race in the corner.  

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White first to play.  

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White to play and kill  

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Black first to save his group at the corner.  

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What is the best move for black?  

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White to move and kill.  

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White first to kill Black.  

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White first to kill.  

Exercises 36 to 44 involve various (related?) techniques commonly used for destroying eyes.

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Black first to kill.  

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White first to kill.  

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White first to kill.  

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Black first, what happens?  

Are the eyes at a and b miai? Consider also White's strongest resistance.

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(Problem can be solved interactivly at GP.)

Black first, what happens?  

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White to play and kill.  

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Black first to kill.  

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Black first, what is the result?  

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Status?  

If White plays first, what is the best move?
If Black plays first, what is the best move?

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Black first to kill White.  

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White first to create a ko.  

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White first, what is the result?  

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Black first, what is the result?  

This one is quite easy to miss, but it's not hard either.

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White first to kill.  

This problem is taken from the newsgroup rec.games.go, where a poster asks on how to kill this group. See also the next problem.

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