Beginner Exercise 49 / Solution
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Solution
The solution is to capture at
.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/21/340099ad563bb8e716aa8bf88fec23a3.png)
Black lives
If White tries to escape with
, then Black
makes two eyes and lives.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/98e888d0b6cfe7c2b6c03d8e5874ed29.png)
White captured I
White cannot escape now.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/51/9cc17343372b998b54b8f30d388f8aa1.png)
White captured II
White cannot play inside anymore and Black is alive.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/5/12d77d4073e29d1f02096b89c7d30dbd.png)
Black still lives
Even with an additional stone helping White to connect, Black lives.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/24/3cd5906a95b9c622a5651c1e5c4c689d.png)
Failure I
The connection at
is a failure, because after
, Black has only one eye.
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Failure III
If
here,
sets up a ko which Black must win in order to live. Since Black can live unconditionally, this is not the best result .
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