IntroExercise10/Answer

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This shape is the bulky five, and it's unsettled. If white plays first:

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Alive

White plays on the vital point and makes two eyes.

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Dead

If black plays the vital point, the shape dies. It is dead because black can almost fill with the squared four.

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W2, W4, W6 elsewhere

B7 here is atari. If white captures:

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Status?

A dead shape is left behind. Any play by white before W8 only leaves a smaller dead shape, as you can verify.


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