Beginner Exercise 165 / Solution

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Vital point?

B1 seems to do the trick.

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One way to resist...

B3 forces the capture. The result is the same if W2 and W4 are reversed.

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White is dead.

The throw in makes the eye false, and there's insufficient room for white to run and make new eyespace.

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White's alternative plan...

Now a and b are miai for the kill.

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White tries to run...

If white plays W4 at a or b black again kills with c. If W4 is played at c, black can kill with either a or b. He can't tenuki; white could take either to make an eye.

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Not quite...

This looks like seki, but the marked stones can eventually be placed in atari.



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