Cross-cut after tower peep

    Keywords: Tesuji

This material is related to the double crosscut to connect page and deals with the same crosscut tesuji - it should perhaps be organized differently

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Tower peep

Black has just capped white's two space extension with B1. It is now tempting for White to play the tower peep at a.

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Tower peep

There is only sense in the tower peep if followed through with a cut. W5 is the severest of the two cuts.

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Tesuji

Now Black has a tesuji up his sleeve. First he exchanges B1-W2 (if unanswered, ladders or nets become possible). Next comes the keima attachment of B3 which White naturally answers with the outside hane.

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Tesuji

The cross-cut of B1 captures the marked cutting stones. There is nothing White can do about it. The atari of a, c will be answered with b, d respectively.


See also RTG Problem 36


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