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Beginner Exercise 40 Solution
   

Being a Beginner Exercise, of course Black can kill. So says lavalyn

[Diagram]
Diag.: Not a marked point but it'll do.

Threatening to capture a pivotal stone demolishes the eye that would have formed by White playing at a.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Capturing the first stone

Marked points are now miai to remove one eye from White's position.


[Diagram]
Diag.: White hopes for the best

Ignoring the situation doesn't make it go away.


[Diagram]
Diag.: White's strongest resistance.

unkx80: White's strongest resistance is to set up a ko at 2 and fight it. It's the only correct move for white.





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