![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/29/1d31fad91a8b9ce1d1fffa48969af56a.png)
Connect
Herman:
is the obvious first move, as otherwise Black's group will be cut in two by a white move there. Simply living with part of the group with a Black move at a is not sufficient.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/49/68011b1d2245932a49ba5bfc66b31558.png)
Easy way
If white decides to save the
stone with
, then
lives. But here white is being too easy on black.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/43/e06689cfe9e6b48f024797d49b2238df.png)
Placement
The obvious counter-attack for white is to play the vital point with
. If black defends with
, then
prevents an eye in the center, and Black dies on a large scale.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/51/4ad75f9cb7960f3c33d692c8eecc48c5.png)
Threats to make eyes
Therefore, black should make the eye in the center. White then spoils Black's eyeshape with
.
threatens to make an eye in the corner, which
prevents.
then guarantees a second eye.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/11/ef1ec25ef8b3e7515afc4cc8abfac7b2.png)
Life
Instead white can play
and
to capture three stones and get some points in the corner. In exchange,
makes Black's group alive.