colinta

Black first; White lives with ko  

by ChihChan

How can white survive after black plays ko?  

by colinta

xela: Hello, colinta, welcome to SL!

After black plays in your diagram, white will play as a ko threat somewhere else. If black answers the ko threat, then white, not black, will get to play at . If black doesn't answer the ko threat, then you're right, white will die. So it depends on what happens elsewhere on the board.

Ko fights can be very confusing! I suggest you follow the path Ko Pages - Beginner to learn more--it starts to make sense after you've seen a few examples.