BeginnerExercise325/Attempts
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/37/3b426e4e976d1afbb04e863889ea874c.png)
Status of groups?
White alive, Black dead.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/41/06aa56d9a17009ad8e93e4a83f7f19a9.png)
Status of groups?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/29/c77e497fea2adc6dc7a50337c3ee924f.png)
Status of groups?
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/42/267025adad404507db144ac4486e284e.png)
Status of groups?
White dead, Black alive.
Status = unsettled.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/5b3eabd017784c8d57c832f1a74768a0.png)
Status of groups?
White to play, Black dead.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/7/db26556d44654aca75be6676cc12d71d.png)
Status of groups?
White peep at 1 leaves Black with 2 liberties
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/44/def710822c06c03dfe59487e2bd140da.png)
Status of groups?
Black cannot escape to the outside with 1 (3 at 4; 4 at 3)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/13/f44c6e47df669de626215429725477d1.png)
Status of groups?
Black's only hope looks to be 1 here
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/33/42d7336fb0ea052ca1daa56d69e81462.png)
Status of groups?
White 2 creates a shortage of liberties, and black can capture
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/27/fd2d201878d24bb03e797141a192e1c5.png)
Status of groups?
Black wins the race if White doesn't defend
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/3/ce03fda2210bd6253bf7a9d10835b41d.png)
Status of groups?
But drawing out with 2 gives White more liberties. Black connecting at 3 gives both groups 4 liberties, and White has sente.
So for me that makes Black dead, White alive.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/4/ae43f884ad4b5ac37f53aca1a760d3db.png)
Status of groups?
Note 3 in this diagram causes Black to lose another liberty - White still has 4, Black only 3 - and White remains in sente.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/30/684baa425d9c9db68c7f70a0f4d7e736.png)
Status of groups?
But wait - how should White respond to Black 1? 2 here invites the throw-in.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/30/2c5719c6e668b52db3a43a33fc608500.png)
Status of groups?
2 here leaves too few liberties - Black has 3, White also 3, but with Black sente.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/29/31ee8357dd637e104573bb0c7477e89b.png)
Status of groups?
Descending to 2 here doesn't buy White enough liberties
So Black can kill White with 1. Unsettled then...