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Protect the middle of three double ataris
    Keywords: Tactics

Dieter: Lately having done hundreds of tsumego I discovered a heuristic for problems involving several double ataris threatening a group. The solution is - obviously - very often to protect the middle of three double atari spots.

Example

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Black to play

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Answer?

Crimson : W2 is an answer...



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Common in beginner games

Confused: Do you mean situations like this?

Dieter: No: see later added example above. Maybe remove this double hane issue elsewhere.



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