Kyu Exercise 54 / Solution
Status
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Unsettled.
The status of this group is unsettled.
White first
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Solution.
kills easily.
Black first
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Solution.
is the easiest way to live. If
, then
, and White cannot connect back the
stone.
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Solution.
here is also a solution, but has quite a number of variations. If
, then
connects, and after
, a and
is miai for life.
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Solution.
For
,
will capture the two White stones directly. Again, a and
are miai for life.
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Failure.
is not a solution. The reason is that
is an atari.