Beginner Exercise 88 Solution
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Problem
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/51/7e46e2bbc951d66ed05deeae02f88e7c.png) | Black first to live |
KarlKnechtel: This is the best I can do right now... Black already has one eye, and the only plausible way to make a second is by capturing. is a natural way to start - anything other than allows at to to capture something and make the eye.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/35/15d3b08e6e69e74afd6866a56d052c19.png) | Black first to live |
is double atari, and connecting still leaves White in atari. So White elects to save the larger group of stones here.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/39/8e5817b282c7b3cb627fa9bdcbb5bb86.png) | Black first to live |
plays atari again, starting a ko. If White chooses to connect instead (at ), puts the pressure back on.
Nando: Good try, but there's a better way to get life (without ko)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/31/dad9c392707c9211034a4d7e6daefbd8.png) | Black first to live |
is the key. White has no choice but to connect at . Then, gets the second eye because of the cutting point at a.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/30/ac9e83f12dbbb92be453ba86195fe002.png) | White can't destroy the eye |
With the sequence up to , Black captures White's group.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/3/c8e99b90cdf737c0e5b64f23f8fef8ff.png) | alive |
So, White must connect and Black then ensures life.
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"Beginner Exercise 88 Solution" at
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