Beginner Exercise 8 / Solution

Solution 1  

makes the living eyeshape of bent four. a and b are now miai to keep this eyeshape and prevent it from being reduced to straight three. Black lives with 4 points.

Solution 2  

works too but forces Black to answer at . This way Black lives too but with only two points.

Solution 3  

If White plays a, Black plays b; and vice-versa

Failure 1  

The most tempting failure is probably the atari at . White ignores it and takes the vital point at .

Failure 1 Continued  

Black's capture is answered by the nobi of and if Black finally protects his eyespace, it is already reduced to straight three and White plays the killing move .