Beginner Exercise 164 / Attempts

Dangerous cutting point.  

is now a cutting point that white simply cannot stop. No matter how white responds, something bad is going to happen.

White Resists  

If white tries resisting by extending to and , then kills the two stones and black lives in the corner.

White ataris  

If white plays atari with , then plays double-atari, threatening to capture at either a or b.

White ataris  

The atari from the other direction with is pretty much the same thing.

White tenuki  

If white simply plays tenuki, black gladly takes the opportunity to kill with and

White connects  

White's best course of action is probably to connect. threatens to kill the white group anyway, so is neccesary, while also building enough liberties to play , which kills the corner.

I'm waiting for a stronger player to approve this before I move it to the Solution page.

--Hikaru79

6 at 1  

Dieter: My first thought was this squeeze sequence. If at then at .

Hikaru79: Ooh... oops. ^^; Yeah, that works too =P

Tesuji  

unkx80: Good one Hikaru79, I did not think much about the cut. But is tesuji, so I do not think it is going to work.