Gokyo Shumyo, Section 1, Problem 34 / Solution

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White lives

This move, making nice shape (see oki wants ikken tobi), captures black+circle and simultaneously protects against the placement at a. Any other move would allow Black either to capture two stones or to place a stone at a, connect it and reduce White to one eye.

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Main line

All in all, this is a familiar line of play. Black can't connect at W5 because of shortage of liberties


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Variation 1

Because of the circled liberty, White can descend to W5, because Black's play at a is not atari.


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Variation 2

Hmmm. This variation is probably even not worth giving. Anyway, it is important for White to answer B2 at W3.


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Wrong 1

At first this also seems to work, but the atari at B8 is a wrecking move.


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