Beginner Exercise 232 / Solution
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White kills.
hits the vital point. Now a and b are miai for the kill...
Black should not play either a or b now, since both are utterly useless. However, either move can be used as a ko threat later. If black plays one and white ignores it because the ko is more important, black plays the other and saves the otherwise dead group.
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Continuation 1.
If Black makes an eye with
,
connects outside, leaving Black with only one eye.
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Continuation 2.
If Black forms an eye with
, White proceeds to falsify the other eye with
and
.
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White failure.
Playing atari with
results in a ko, which is not the best result for White.