312SS Notcher
Keywords: Life & Death, Shape
This is quite an interesting notcher. Black can easily live by playing at a, the vital point. That's also where White has to play to kill Black.
When Black expands eyespace with
, White builds an eye in the stomach with
and
. Now either White will complete this eye, or if Black prevents this, White will almost fill the eye shape with a bulky five.
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.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/41/53bbaa1784ca1821d4eeeb0732c33cc4.png)
captures the
stone to make the second eye.
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makes seki. Subsequently, a and b are miai.
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2024 the Authors,
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