Beginner Exercise 241 / Solution

Black doesn't need to live inside to kill White - only ensure White doesn't have 2 eyes. In this position White cannot make two eyes and so she is unconditionally dead. Thus, Black should play elsewhere (tenuki)!

Proof

The bulky five is dead  

This is not seki because if Black filled the outside liberties, playing at captures.

Rabbitty six  

This time around, Black prepares to make a rabbitty six in White's eyespace - and it looks like he succeeded.

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