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Beginner Exercise 32 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

Solution by lavalyn:

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A peeping tom saves the day

The peep must be answered or Black escapes to the strong reinforcements just outside White's walls. After B3, a and b are miai for life.


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Failures

Playing either a or b will leave White playing the other point - one eye.


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Black must peep NOW

W2 takes away Black's potential eye and prevents the thrust - the rules prevent suicide. Black dies here.


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A peeping tom saves the day, Variation 1

In case the peep is answered differently, the move order changes... eventually White will play at W4.


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A peeping tom saves the day, Variation 2




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