Yose From Games 11/ Solution

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White to play

Hikaru79: The best endgame play for white is W1.

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Black resists

At first glance, it seems that B1 succeeds, since white does not have enough liberties to connect out. However...

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White creates shortage of liberties

With W1, white prevents black from playing B3 in the previous diagram. Therefore, white safely connects out and is happy!


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