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Spot the Atari
  Difficulty: Introductory   Keywords: Tactics, Problem

Spot the Atari!

Here are some exercises for entry-level players to learn how to see which stones are in atari, i.e. with only one liberty remaining. When stones are in atari, they can be captured at the next move.


Example

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Example

Here is an example exercise.


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Example

This is the solution to the example exercise. Notice that the WC stone is under atari and B1 can capture it.



In each of the following exercises, one group of stones from either black or white (but not both) will be under atari. Your job is to spot that group, and determine how it is possible to capture them.

To the deshis: Some of the exercises below can have tenuki as an answer, but since this is an introductory level exercise, let us ignore this possibility.



Exercise 1

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Exercise 1



Exercise 2

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Exercise 2



Exercise 3

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Exercise 3



Exercise 4

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Exercise 4



Exercise 5

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Exercise 5


In each of the following exercises, there may be more than one group (from any colour) under atari. Choose the best way to capture.

Exercise 6

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Exercise 6



Exercise 7

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Exercise 7



Exercise 8

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Exercise 8



Exercise 9

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Exercise 9



Exercise 10

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Exercise 10


Solutions

Here are the solutions to the exercises.



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