Gokyo Shumyo, Section 1, Derived Problem 56
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Is Black alive ?
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Var 1
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Var 2
Black has enough oustide liberties to capture the four stones.
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Var 3
Black makes miai of a and b.
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Var 4
(unkx80: Why not play 2 at 5? :-))
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Var 4 - ctd
The points 1 and 2 are miai