Solutions to Practicing Reading Out Ladders
In both diagrams: If Black continues the ladder, White captures at a. Note that in the right hand diagram, White should not capture at a before the stone at White 8 is present.
Tobamf: This alternative also works for white, which is the variation I read out, although it's not as clean as BillSpight's.
Echtelion:
also works:
See loose ladder.
Solution diagrams to reading practice 4.