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Beginner Exercise 18 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

Scartol: Should I leave these so that actual beginners can have a crack at them?

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Black first to salvage the situation

Okay, it looks like the best black can do is get a ko. White has to fight it; white connecting at A only leads to black life at B.


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Scartol is stupid

This was my initial response, but I realized (after I posted it -- stupid!) that white can connect after capturing the marked stone, and black is left with a dead shape once he captures the white stones.





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