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Beginner Exercise 15 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

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Seki?

Splice: I can only seem to make White live in seki with W1. Possible continuations:


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Var 1 - Seki

If Black doesn't take B2, White will be able to make two eyes. W3 makes seki. If Black plays inside, White gets a bent four and lives. If White plays inside, he only gets three in a row, and dies. The circled point is the only possible weakness, but Black cannot get it before White connects it.


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Var 2 - White lives

White has two eyes whatever happens.


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Doesn't work?

W1 does not work, because B2 reduces White to one eye.


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Hmmm...

It seems to me that, yup, whatever you do, even giving white 5 moves in a row, if white doesn't put one of the stones on that circled point and black takes it, white dies. So, that HAS to be the first move.





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