Kyu Exercise 45 / Solution
Problem I
Black first
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White dies.
turns the potential eye at the top side into a false one. White can only make at most one eye at the center, so White dies.
White first
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White lives.
The descent at
is key. It makes capturing at
and making the second eye at
miai, so White lives.
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Comment.
Starting with the atari with
lives as well, but White makes an unneccessary sacrifice.
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Failure - ko.
Making an atari at
is a failure. White's only saving grace is to live with a ko at
and
.
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Failure - death.
makes only one eye on the upper side.
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White's strongest resistance.
is White's strongest resistance.
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White dies.
is tesuji, White dies.
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White dies.
If
,
connects and finished the job.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/32/dafc23d0ff977c3adbc6162e1611af8e.png)
Comment.
Having the exchange at
and
does not help White at all.
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Failure - ko.
Black saves two stones at
, but at a price of allowing White to get a ko for life.