Beginner Exercises Consolidated

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Black to kill White
Black to play
Black to play and live
White to play and kill
Black to play
White to play and live
Black to live
Black to kill
White first. What is the best play?
White to play and live
Black to play and kill
Black to play and kill
Black to play and live
White first, what happens?
White first to live.
How should Black respond to White 1?
White first to create a ko.
Black first to salvage the situation.
White first to live.
White first to kill Black.
White first to save the group at the bottom.
Black first to kill.
Black first to kill White.
White first to kill.
Black first to kill.

Beginner Exercises

Problem 1

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Black to kill White

Solution


Problem 2

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Black to play

Kill White, without ko.

Solution


Problem 3

[Diagram]

Black to play and live

Solution


Problem 4

[Diagram]

White to play and kill

Solution


Problem 5

[Diagram]

Black to play

What is the result?

Solution


Problem 6

[Diagram]

White to play and live

Solution


Problem 7

[Diagram]

Black to live

Solution


Problem 8

[Diagram]

Black to kill

Solution


Problem 9

[Diagram]

White first. What is the best play?

It looks big, but this problem is actually very easy.

Solution


Problem 10

[Diagram]

White to play and live

Solution


Problem 11

[Diagram]

Black to play and kill

Solution

Discussion


Problem 12

[Diagram]

Black to play and kill

Solution


Problem 13

[Diagram]

Black to play and live

Solution


Problem 14

[Diagram]

White first, what happens?

Solution


Problem 15

[Diagram]

White first to live.

Solution


Problem 16

[Diagram]

How should Black respond to White 1?

Solution


Problem 17

[Diagram]

White first to create a ko.

Solution


Problem 18

[Diagram]

Black first to salvage the situation.

Solution


Problem 19

[Diagram]

White first to live.

Hint: Make use of the corner and catch Black in a connect-and-die.

Solution


Problem 20

[Diagram]

White first to kill Black.

Solution


Problem 21

[Diagram]

White first to save the group at the bottom.

Solution


Problem 22

[Diagram]

Black first to kill.

Solution


Problem 23

[Diagram]

Black first to kill White.

Solution


Problem 24

[Diagram]

White first to kill.

Solution


Problem 25

[Diagram]

Black first to kill.

Solution


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