Beginner Exercise 6 / Solution

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Problem I

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Solution.

The solution is yes, B1 kills.

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Solution.

If W2 here, then B3 connects back.

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Solution.

If W2 tries to capture B1, then B3 cuts and kills. Now if White captures the B1 stone at a...

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False eye.

... then the circle point is a false eye, and so White actually dies in gote. So White should not have played at a in the previous diagram after all.

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Failure.

B3 here is a mistake. W4 connects and lives. Note that W4 at a is a common beginner mistake, know why?


Problem II

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Solution.

The solution is again yes, B1 kills.

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Solution.

If W2 tries to capture B1, then B3 cuts and we are back to a situation we have just seen. Now what happens when White captures the B1 stone with a?

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Solution.

Of course W2 can extend first before going down for the capture at W4. Again, B5 cuts...

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Solution.

After W6 captures the B1 and B3 stones, B7 makes a throw-in, again reducing this eye to a false eye. We have seen this several times already, haven't we?

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Solution.

The White moves W2 and W4 here does not provide any form of resistance. After B5, all the Black stones connects out, and now if White plays at a, then Black b simply captures.



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