Black can kill; and the point to start the attack is the obvious a.
When White plays atari at , Black faces the choice of connecting at
or connecting at a.
Connecting at is correct. After White captures at
...
... she is left with a bulky five shape and kills her right away. This is a nice example of playing under the stones.
El Draco: I wonder if this could be called under the stones, since the normal under the stones always seems to incorporate an atari in the captured stones' space. Else you could also call playing at the vital point after a bulky five shape has been captured (not six stones as in the diagram, but just the bulky five) as playing under the stones. The definition on the under the stones page seems to apply to both cases, though.
The important thing to see in this shape is the "hidden"
bulky five shape of the stones.
When Black connects at he allows White to make a twisted four in the corner eye shape.
Nevertheless, Black can get a ko out of it by playing as shown.
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