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Beginner Exercise 40 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Problem

Solution

[Diagram]
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.


[Diagram]
Capturing the first stone

The points a and b are now miai to remove one eye from White's position.


[Diagram]
White hopes for the best

Ignoring the situation doesn't make it go away.


[Diagram]
White's strongest resistance

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



Failure

[Diagram]
Failure

B1 only destroys the eye on the outside, but W2 makes the eye in the corner. B3 and W4 are miai for living.


[Diagram]
Failure

In this diagram, W2 lives with two eyes.



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