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Beginner Exercise 14 / Solution
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KarlKnechtel: In order to live, Black must either make two eyes out of the circled points, or one out of those and one at the squared point.
The placement of
Let's consider other options for White. If White tenukis,
Connecting the three stones in atari would be an example of dying in gote. However, Black can force the capture later with a play at a. So this is Black's best response - it gives him a ko threat. Note that making the liberty-shortage move in the first line is a similar ko threat.
This doesn't work for Black either, after White makes a throw-in.
brindis: But what happens if Black plays
KarlKnechtel: Oops, you're right. The other problems around here have made me throw-in happy. That's the right play -
Some other possibilities:
So it looks like this first move works for White as well.
Let's look at the last candidate move for White:
This one doesn't work - a and b are miai for Black to live. Alternately, White a can be answered at c, removing a tiny bit of aji (after the a-b exchange, White could kill with three local moves in a row). Not worth the one-point sacrifice, probably. Not at my level of play anyway.
Grech: What if White calls the tune like this?
Stefan: Black should answer differently. If he answers the atari at
unkx80:
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