Beginner Exercise 37 / Solution

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[Diagram]

Black can't push

Shortage of liberties prevents White from playing W4 at B5. Thus White is left with a false eye.

Black does not play B1 at B5 for a peep because White would play at B3 and live. (B1 and W2 are miai for the second eye.)

[Diagram]

Toast

W2 captures one stone, but B3 leaves White dead. The points a and b are miai, meaning that the eye is false.

[Diagram]

ko

fringd: simply taking point b in the above diagram was my instinct. This move seems good, but a ko is failure in this situation.

[Diagram]

Change the order?

Black must play B1 and B3 in the order described above.

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White says "Thank you"

Black B1 is a thank you move that allows White to connect at W2 and live.


lavalyn, unkx80.



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