Kyu Exercise 4 / Solution
Solution 1
The simpler solution would be a placement on the second line. If white captures with
, then
threatens to capture three stones.
If
simply captures the two Black stones, then
cuts and captures two White stones.
Solution 2
If
simply captures the two Black stones, Black can simply set up a snapback with
and
.
is incorrect. Although
is a ploy to reduce the eye in sente, but
answers correctly and lives.
Other variations
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