IntroExercise10/Answer
This shape is the bulky five, and it's unsettled. If white plays first:
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/3/c3acd622a4eaa2f99e25dca5ff66cefc.png)
Alive
White plays on the vital point and makes two eyes.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/52/d28741eae57721c97c58eba42feb06d1.png)
Dead
If black plays the vital point, the shape dies. It is dead because black can almost fill with the squared four.
here is atari. If white captures:
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/3/4a2defaa78f86825f40eb6787a70ce9d.png)
Status?
A dead shape is left behind. Any play by white before
only leaves a smaller dead shape, as you can verify.