IntroExercise8/Answer

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The stones are dead. Black doesn't need to play here right away. Because the white stones on the first line aren't connected, white must connect them to complete an eye:

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W plays first

After W1, if black plays elsewhere white will play W3, and the stones are alive with two eyes.

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dead

So after W1, black throws in a stone with B2. After W captures with W3...

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dead

Black can play B4 later and capture the marked stone. This situation is the same as Intro Exercise 3, where black waits to start the ko.


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