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Kanazawa Solution 40
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Black 1 is the vital point. It clearly makes one eye at the circled point, and White can't prevent another eye to the left of 1.
Note what a difference an extra white stone at a would make.
Again, an extra stone at a would make the difference. Once the vital point has been played - 1 in the main line - the rest is not so difficult any more. Finding that point is the main challenge here. Let's have a look at how things can go wrong.
One is tempted to cover the two-space gap with a move like Black 1 here. However, White strikes at the vital point. If 5 at 8, then 6 at 5.
This results in ko. Go to Problem 41 Path: KanazawaSolutions · Prev: KanazawaSolution39 · Next: KanazawaSolution41 This is a copy of the living page "Kanazawa Solution 40" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |