Beginner Exercise 110 / Solution

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Solution: ko

Black can connect by winning this ko.

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A different ko: white's mistake

If white plays W6 here, it's also a ko, but then black has a and b as local ko threats. So the first diagram is better for white.

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Failure

If Black plays the symmetric point, White cuts off with this cut through the keima.

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Variation

This is another variation. Black tries a kind of "monkey jump on the second line", then White plays the attachment at W2. Next, descending at W4 is key.



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