Kyu Exercise 17 / Solution

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White plays at . As Black cannot play at a, Black can only play at ...

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White's throw-in at is a tesuji. Black still cannot play at a because of shortage of liberties.

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If Black plays at , sets up a snapback and Black is left with a false eye.

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Here a and b are miai, so Black has only one eye.

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Defending at automatically destroys any possible eye at . kills.

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makes an eye here. Again, makes an throw-in...

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Another throw-in at , which makes the eye false.

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This diagram does not need any further explanation.

mistake for white  

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