Beginner Exercise 8 / Solution

Solution  

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.

Inferior  

lives too, but forces - Black lives with only two points.

Inferior: Variation  

here doesn't work. After , If White plays a, Black plays b; and vice-versa (that is miai).

Failure  

The most tempting failure is probably the atari at . White ignores it and reduces Black's eyespace by .

Failure 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 .