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Beginner Exercise 182 Solution
  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Life & Death, Problem

[Diagram]
Status of the white group?

Seems white needs another move here. With this W1, white lives in sente (with respect to BC).[1] Without W1 by white, white is short of liberties after black ataris at a.


[Diagram]
Failure

LukeNine45: Right. Here is the threat played out.


[Diagram]
Failure 2

If this W3, White still dies.


[Diagram]
Alive, but smaller

JoelR: This W1 lives, but with less area than the best solution. If B2 at W3, W3 at B2.



[1] Bill: Saving BC is small by comparison. Better to think of this as a gote.




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