Cut the Keima

  Difficulty: Beginner   Keywords: Shape, Tactics
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Cutting a keima

A keima can be cut, but the cutting stones will be cut themselves, so one should carefully choose the moment.

B1 and B3 cut White, but W4 puts B1 in a ladder. Black can change the side, and the ladder, by playing B1 at W2.


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