Eratos - Simply connecting with leaves a play open at
, making miai of a and b for connection, so we can't capture the stone.
So preventing the connection with seems the best way forward
Black attempting to cut with leaves him with a semeai he can't win.
Is this the best solution then?
unkx80: Yes. This is the only solution.
ProtoDeuteric- How is this the only solution if there is another one above? Was this the solution you were looking for?
unkx80: The second and third diagram forms only one solution. Notice that it is Black that played different at .
ProtoDeuteric- Oh, yeah. Of course the third diagram is not a separate case but rather a continuation of the first case from the second diagram. I should have examined the diagrams more thoroughly before I commented.