Gokyo Shumyo, Section 1, Problem 25 / Solution
Solution
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/15/0c0ba299f50503cf56c5a982c447025e.png)
Main line
makes miai of a and b.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/32/e3399a382debe8495d4eee2c0d5431e3.png)
Note
The exchange
and
doesn't affect the solution.
Failures
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Wrong 1
makes an incomplete shape and
is just the point to spoil it. After
, a and b are miai.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/9/d127a8f400cefd0190702cc7b6f4aea4.png)
Wrong 2
here is a weaker vital point.
is more vital, moreover because
threatens to capture two stones and take away all the eye space.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/45/4c26e3723583a454ccf04326b90dd2ff.png)
Wrong 3
Maybe an example of how to die in gote. White 1 definitely is the move to play if you want to ruin your own shape. This is a way of suicide which is not forbidden by the rules.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/48/1568924b609b072a93f8a39e549581b8.png)
Wrong 3 (continuation)
After
plays tenuki, White still can't live.
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