Under the Stones Example 2

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I love this tesuji so much, that I can't resist the temptation to talk about some variations on the same idea. The only difference is the shape of the four sacrificed stones, which isn't square.

Nando

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Basic example

Black to kill.

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Forcing White to live !

B1 would be a terrible blunder of course, since it would almost force White to live with W2.

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Tesuji !

B1 is the real suji here. White has no choice but to capture the four black stones with W2 to get a chance to make a second eye. But ...

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Game over

... B3 annihilates White's hope and the whole white group dies.


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