Beginner Exercise 49 / Solution
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Solution
The solution is to capture at
.
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Black lives
If White tries to escape with
, then Black
makes two eyes and lives.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/0/4cc98be887195dfb8d25d82b388f8902.png)
White captured I
White cannot escape now.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/11/1ce4df17b2b139d2065f1790b51ce31c.png)
White captured II
White cannot play inside anymore and Black is alive.
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Black still lives
Even with an additional stone helping White to connect, Black lives.
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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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