Beginner Exercise 77 / Solution

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Lonestar: I think the solution must be the play at W1.

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Black gets only one real eye

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Black gets only one real eye

Black cannot prevent the capture of the black group with B2.

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Black (still) gets only one real eye

DomQ If black attempts to form an extra eye this way, his hope is ruined by a snapback ! If Black plays a then White plays 5 again, capturing the circled stones.

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Does the hane work for white?

fivebells?, beginner: This may be obvious to others, but I came over here to ask whether the hane at W1 works, and determined why it doesn't while writing my reasoning out: After black a, b and c are miai for an eye, and black is already guaranteed one eye by a play at d or e.



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