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  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death, Question

I found this problem on goproblems.com and I didn't understand the solution fully. It's [ext] question 1225.

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1225

goproblems lists White as playing at a, then Black playing at b. What I don't understand is, why doesn't White play at b?


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My result

This looks like a seki, by my reckoning.


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4 at 5

Matt Noonan: The throw-in for shortage of liberties is the trick here.



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