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Beginner Exercise 2 Solution
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem
After If White plays at b then Black answers at a. White can capture Black's stones, but that leaves her with a three in a row shape. KarlKnechtel: See also two by three box. Apparently this is a popular example ...
Geoff: As a beginner, my guess was that the best place for Black to play would be the point marked
Jasonred Ooh! Ooh! Geoff, let me answer this one for you! After this sequence, I think a and b are miai for life! If Black a, White b, if Black b, White a! To you seniors out there, am I right?
Geoff: So either variation works out OK for Black, then? Fortunately I don't smoke, so lack of cigar is not a problem.
Jasonred No, it leads to ko... notice that if White puts a stone on So, we then have a ko fight.
After that, Black has to find another ko threat so that he can play on And most importantly, the question says "kill White without ko". Geoff Many thanks for pointing that out, Jason. I was not thinking through the ko threat point properly. What if White plays somewhere else?
If White answers with
Because if we add
So, after Try to memorize the bulky five shape. It occurs over and over again. See also:
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