Recall that the L-group is dead, and no combination of hanes can help the L-group live.
This is a sequence given on the L-group page. If , then the combination of
and
kills. Note that the order of
and
can be interchanged.
In other words, can play the hane first as shown in this diagram to kill.
When there are the stones, then
and
still kills. The question is: is the order of
and
interchangable?
That is, can White play to kill?