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Vital point method simplifying the outside
Difficulty: Intermediate
Keywords: Life & Death
If you are confused by or find it difficult to see where the vital point in a shape is, try to look at the internal space left over after the opponent has reduced the internal space from the outside. In this case, after Black's reduction (from the outside) and White's answer, the internal eyespace will be the circled points - which is recognisable as the bulky five - and the vital point is the same as for a bulky five. (Anyway, it often helps me, maybe others have better/easier ways of seeing this --MortenPahle) How do you get to this shape? When I look, I find it more logical to imagine black a and white b than the other way around (black b is clearly got, black a not), which gives another bulky five with its vital point at 1-2 rather than 2-2. - Andre Engels This is a copy of the living page "Vital point method simplifying the outside" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |