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Beginner Exercise 69 Solution
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem
After Black 1, since White a is not possible (Black will capture at b), Black lives as a twisted four. Now c and d are miai.
Black dies by bulky five.
Playing at 1 looks good, but White 2 will capture the marked stone. However, White 2 has to be careful not to play at a or b.
White 2 is the vital point here.
Black 1 is probably the weakest move among the failure diagrams.
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