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Black lives (1-2)  

Black can live by playing on the 1-2 point as shown.

aLegendWai: Qs ^^: How about if B plays at another 1-2, 2-2? Will B live? If so, is it better than the first solution?

Black lives smaller (2-2)  

Black will live when they play at 2-2, but has a chance to run into trouble, and in general will get fewer points in the corner. If white hanes right away, black must play the vital point, not block. If black blocks, white can play the vital point instead, turning the corner (through a ko if black plays 1-1 first) into Bent Four in the Corner. When Black backs down and plays the vital point, they end with two points fewer in the corner. So, the 1-2 is the main line.

~Coconuts (7k)

Please correct me if I've gotten any of this wrong =).

Seki or ko  

on the 2-2 does not secure two eyes. White can continue to make seki or ko. (Here Black can still play at b to make ko, or he could have played at a, making ko that way.)

Best play depends on the circumstances, including ko threats. As a rule White can exploit Black's weaknessess after . In this case, for instance, White can start with , forcing . Black makes two eyes, but loses two points vs. playing one the 1-2 initially.

Edge hane  

Chris Hayashida: Edge hane aren't alive.

After , Black is dead. a and b are miai.

Edge hane #2  

Chris Hayashida: Again, after , a and b are miai. Black is dead. Edge hanes don't make life.

aLegendWai: Thanks for telling.

Descending  

Jhyn I'm surprised that nobody considered the descent, since the hane does not work for Black (this is the move that threatens to destroy the most territory outside). White 2 seems to be the most severe attack. Actually, I found somewhere a L&D problem starting after White 2 stating that B was dead unconditionally.

Enough liberties to kill  

However, I can't find anything wrong with this sequence. With less liberties it might turn out to be seki. Any insight?

Black lives 2  

Erock: Can Black also live by playing the 1-2 point?

Black gives white an extra ko threat  

Answer to Erock: Jared Beck: In "Black lives 1" black lives, and white has 3 ko threats for a later time. In "Black lives 2" black also lives, but white has 4 ko threats.

Or Black loses a couple points  

Jared Beck: If Black chooses to give up a few points, he doesn't have to suffer the burden of a fourth ko threat.

Jared Beck: Please double-check this, I just looked at it briefly.

1-2 point  

Chris Hayashida: The problem with the 1-2 point is descending on both sides (marked stones) threatens to kill the group. This isn't the case if was played correctly at the 2-2 point. Black cannot play at a for his second eye since it is self-atari.

White kills  

Second L+1-Group with hane

shinkenjoe The text says the marked stone is important. Isn´t it the other white security stone?

this way kills?  

zinger: Can white kill black regardless of the marked stone with the 2-1 placement?

unkx80: Well, depends on whether Black can get the hane at a in sente.