Tsumego From Games 44 / Solution
Summary
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Alive.
The Black group is alive with 6 points.
Caution
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Main defence I.
The main defence in this problem is to answer
with
. Then a and b are miai.
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Main defence II.
The placement at
is answered by
. If
at
, then Black still plays
.
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Example.
Suprisingly, main defence I and main defence II are independent of each other. Black just plays accordingly and gets 6 points.
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Other defence I.
is answered by
.
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Other defence II.
captures and lives.