Tsumego From Games 27 / Solution

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Solution

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Reason

The reason is because Black can create a ko with B1 and B3, causing a shortage of liberties and threatening to capture the three White stones.

Note that this is a direct ko, Black will connect at a if he wins the ko.



Failure

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Wrong

The order of moves is important here. Playing the diagonal at B1 first is wrong. After W6, Black suffers from shortage of liberties instead.


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