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Knight's move net
Difficulty: Beginner Keywords: Tactics
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David Foale: In the knight's move example, how can Black avoid a cut like this?
I come across problems like this every day and they're annoying to say the least! Or am I missing something? Got a feeling i'm making a fundamental defence error...
Joonas Tyystjarvi: the cut here doesn't really matter, since the white stones inside are captured. David Foale: I know the stones are dead, but nevertheless the cut annoys Black; those two stones could be a problem if White has thickness to the bottom. is there any way to avoid this?
Joonas Tyystjarvi: with a net, there's usually no way to avoid some kikashi - in this case, you could say that
Charles: Whether or not
By the way, whether Black's atari is good would depend partly on whether Another, harder example is at Shape Problem 6/Net variation.
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