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Kanazawa Solution 26
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Keywords: Life & Death, Problem
The tesuji here is
White has to be careful to answer
Answering
Just to clarify: If Black tries to leave White with a big eye by connecting at a (almost filling the enclosed space with the dead shape of three in a line), White runs to b and claims a second eye at c.
How should White then respond if Black tries playing at d? That won't work for Black; White runs along the second line and if Black follows, eventually White can block on the first line and the resulting capture will give the second eye (at least). I don't think playing at e directly will work; seems like Black sets up a ko that way. White could probably also escape in this sort of situation. -- KarlKnechtel
There are many ways for White to go wrong. Let's assume she takes
Black kills with the same hane.
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