BQM 404

Black to play and save all his stones.  

Chapter When liberties count, Section Gaining Liberties, Problem 1, page 73. This is the book solution.

Possible White Continuation.  

But what is the correct answer to this ?

Possible White Continuation. Black Response.  

LukeNine45: Something like this. and are interchangeable. White can trade a for b before playing but to no avail. White loses by one liberty.

Possible White Contination. Failure Diagram.  

Dave: Careful! If Black carelessly answers with , White has an indirect ko after . Black can not play at a. The right answer to is to throw in at 8 first and then play 7.

Possible White Continuation.  

How should black answer ?

| kb: . W suffers from damezumari.