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Beginner Exercise 70 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

lavalyn doesn't need to kill Black, just

[Diagram]
Diag.: Connect out

Play on the point of symmetry is a good rule in such positions.


[Diagram]
Diag.: A really bad black mistake - so Black can't cut

Black is caught in a snapback.


[Diagram]
Diag.: A really bad black mistake

Snapback again.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Black can't atari either - chased around

Capturing 1 instead kills ALL the stones in White's walls when White captures the two left stones playing at 4.

Gorobei: Um, you mean ALL the stones in Black's walls?

lavalyn: no, I mean White lives and Black dies if Black tries to capture the connecting stone.

Gorobei: Ah, "inside" versus "in." E.g. "the box is in the wall," vs "the prisoner is inside the walls." English is a wonderful language :)





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