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.

JoelR: No, if Black responds at a, White plays f, transposing to the correct line. But if Black plays f, then he protects his four stones, and White cannot stop the eye along the edge.



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