Beginner Exercise 55 / Solution

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This looks a bit like the bulky five. So B1 makes miai of W2 and B3...

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W4 makes a double atari. B5 connects...

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And B7 isolates two white stones. If White captures by playing in the corner, Black will take all three in a snapback. If White plays elsewhere (for example, a, putting seven stones in atari), Black plays in the corner to capture two and form a second eye.


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What about W4?

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White makes an atari with W4. After B5 throw in at W4. a becomes a false eye and black is dead?!

Alex Weldon: This shows a misunderstanding of what a false eye is. The throw-in accomplishes nothing... if White ever ataris at b, Black just captures the throw-in stone (by playing at the marked point), and both points a and W4 are real eyes for Black.



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