Beginner Exercise 119 / Solution

Part 1 Solution  

Part 1: white should reply to by playing .

Part 1 Failure  

The move at is very careless. After and , the two marked white stones are captured in a connect and die.

Part 2 Solution  

Part 2: is correct, ensuring that all White stones are safe.

Part 2 failure  

This is a mistake. This is exactly the same as the Failure diagram above with a different order of moves.