BeginnerExercise248/Solution

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zinger: To directly answer the question posed: the status is, white is dead.

[Diagram]

nakade

Black plays tenuki. All the white stones suffer death in gote. Black's nakade (BS) makes a dead eyespace for white. Since W1 is not solidly connected, black can force white to fill at [circled point] by playing at [squared point] when necessary. White still can't connect to the upper wall.
Don't do this:

[Diagram]

wrong for black

Black snips off white's tail, in gote, but still lets most of the white stones escape.



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