Cross-cut after tower peep
This material is related to the double crosscut to connect page and deals with the same crosscut tesuji - it should perhaps be organized differently
Black has just capped white's two space extension with
. It is now tempting for White to play the tower peep at a.
There is only sense in the tower peep if followed through with a cut.
is the severest of the two cuts.
Now Black has a tesuji up his sleeve. First he exchanges
-
(if unanswered, ladders or nets become possible). Next comes the keima attachment of
which White naturally answers with the outside hane.
The cross-cut of
captures the marked cutting stones. There is nothing White can do about it. The atari of a, c will be answered with b, d respectively.
See also
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