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Snapback Problem 16 Solution
  Difficulty: Advanced   Keywords: Problem

White dies a slow death.

[Diagram]
White 5 and 7 at 3, Black 6 at 1

The White group is dead. The best resistance I found was to set up a nice snapback to catch the marked stones with W1.


[Diagram]
White dies

After B5, White won't be able to set up another snapback because of the liberty at a.



Quicker deaths

[Diagram]
White captures first

Capturing the two Black stones won't help for long.


[Diagram]
Black 3 connects at the circled stone


[Diagram]
Black 4 at 1

White dies even faster



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