Beginner Exercise 285 / Solution

Solution  

and connect the two Black stones to the living corner. Note that despite the apparent breach in Black's territory by , the point at is only a false eye, and since White is fully surrounded and has no other place to make eyes, White is dead.

Failure  

Connecting with allows White to capture the two Black stones with .

Failure  

It is a mistake to atari at . Although this move looks tighter, it allows and to capture the three Black stones in a ko.