Beginner Exercise 171 / Solution

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White connects

W1 the proper move. Black only really has two choices to resist white's connection.

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Black tries to resist

There's this rather poor choice which easily allows White to push through with W2, and not only connect, but also capture 3 black stones.

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White connects

B1 is a bit trickier. W2 is a double atari. B3 captures WC, but then W4 captures BC to connect.



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