Kyu Exercise 4 / Solution
Solution 1
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/42/6614674dfc1990c1ae013c5e99d8d2d9.png)
Placement on the second line.
The simpler solution would be a placement on the second line.
forces
, and
reduces the eye at the bottom to one in sente.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/37/21c1533a658559d6ad6b60ea2d9aa772.png)
Placement on the second line.
Why sente? Because if White obstinately makes the other eye with
, Black captures White with
.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/41/2936df63d439003c7ee739e842c27454.png)
Variation.
If
simply captures the two Black stones, then
cuts and captures two White stones.
Solution 2
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/47/4227b863bf6e11511a9536d6cd92e102.png)
Placement on the first line.
The placement at the first line also works, but
and
are probably a blind spot.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/28/2a3d680ac3fa5452cf9cb97b66b5fd7a.png)
Variation.
If
simply captures the two Black stones, Black can simply set up a snapback with
and
.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/108c794e9474f8fc081485391dfd201b.png)
Failure.
is incorrect. Although
is a ploy to reduce the eye in sente, but
answers correctly and lives.
Other variations
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