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Capture two, recapture one
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Tactics
There are a lot of situations where this sequence is a possible variation, the consequences of which are easily overlooked. An example:
Black to live. The combination of the marked shape with the 1-2 point is very common in life and death problems. Yet our desire to atari may overcome us:
This is a line easily visualized and often played by both players if they fail to see the meaning of this shape.
White plays
Black's correct move is the 1-2 point?. White can't play Dieter (maybe this material has already been covered elsewhere) See also: This is a copy of the living page "Capture two, recapture one" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |