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Kanazawa Solution One
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem, Life & Death

[Diagram]
Diag.: Main line

White must play 1 in order to live. Any other move fails. Black 2 and 4 only go to show that White makes eyes at the marked points. Black 2 and 4 should be held in reserve as ko threats.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Var 1

White 1 fails. After Black 2, she needs both A and B. Those points are miai for life. She can't take them both, so her group is dead.

White 1 at A fails likewise.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Var 2

Black 2 and 4 make a BentFourInTheCorner shape, killing white. We assume that White can't escape at A.



This problem is an illustration of the proverb: "In a symmetrical position, play the symmetric point".


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