lavalyn: Optimal for both players.
Black catches two White stones in oiotoshi.
Isn't atari? Couldn't White just capture by playing
at a? -phooky
lavalyn: Yes, is atari. Thus
removes one of the white pieces surrounding the threatened group.
With White's stones isolated and the cut impossible, White's connection still yields only a bent four not in the corner.
Welcome nando to the deshi of SL that create Beginner Exercises!
unkx80: Clap Clap. =)
SAS: No, this doesn't work. White can play at
and get a ko.