Kanazawa Problem 39 / Solution
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White lives
White makes two eyes with one strike. There is an eye at each circled point.
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Main line
The main line just shows the completion of the first eye.
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Continuation 1
Now
and
are miai for the protection of the second eye.
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Continuation 2
If the circled liberties at a and b were filled, Black could kill this way.
Once the vital point has been played (
in the solution diagram) there is not much room for mistakes by White, so we will concentrate on what can go wrong at the first move.
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Failure 1a
is a natural move. But up to
, a and b are left as miai for the kill.
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Failure 1b
Here
and
are miai: up to
is one way for White to die.
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Failure 2
The 1-2 point is another natural point to try, to make life, but
Black can occupy
, which is connected to the marked stone through a large monkey jump.
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