Beginner Exercise 272 / Solution

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Solution

White's two stones on the left cannot approach the middle two black stones, but the stones on the other side can. B1 removes that possibility. After B1, the white stones are dead.

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This move doesn't help

White shouldn't play W1: this is death in gote. It might look like seki, but the seki is only temporary: If played out (after the game or if forced), Black kills starting on a.



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