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Beginner Exercise 40 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

Being a Beginner Exercise, of course Black can kill. So says lavalyn.

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Not a marked point but it'll do.

Threatening to capture a pivotal stone demolishes the eye that would have been formed by White playing at a.


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Capturing the first stone

The marked points are now miai to remove one eye from White's position.


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White hopes for the best

Ignoring the situation doesn't make it go away.


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White's strongest resistance.

unkx80: White's strongest resistance is to set up a ko at W2 and fight it. It's the only correct move for White.





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