Beginner Exercise 56 Solution
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/5/74e8d263ffa63239b95103c0c959388f.png) | Black first to live. |
Karl Knechtel: Don't be greedy. The descent seals off enough eye space for Black's two eyes. White's hane won't work here: is all that is needed to divide the space as White can't cut at a (because of shortage of liberties)).
unkx80: So far so good. How does Black respond if is played at instead?
Karl Knechtel: at , at , at a appears to make seki... and any other response would seem to let White connect underneath. So I suppose this is the main line.
unkx80: Yes. I reproduce the main line below.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/19/99985b70b9c62f2eefca5ea642c4e469.png) | Main line |
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/41/84505d01b0e977e200d3dd85891d8940.png) | Black's failure |
fails here; it allows White to throw in. Black's eventual eye space will consist of (at most) the marked area, and White can play at the squared point to kill that space (though I don't even think it's necessary immediately).
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/b4b7e692f4864612040398613e1982ce.png) | Black's failure 2 |
Descent on the wrong side. The points a and b are miai for the kill.
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