Snapback Problem 23
Difficulty: Intermediate Keywords: Tactics, Problem
After
Black decided to play a sente move at
. White replied with
; and Black played
. That was a mistake. Punish.
MarcGaudet I don't understand why it was a mistake, it stopped white from invading, right?
White was very happy to close the territory and penetrate with
in the previous diagram in sente. But White missed an
opportunity.
Bill:
HolIgor: Bill's answer is correct, of course. Yet, one of the variations features a snapback.
Bill: I believe I have found an improvement for Black.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/9/0d642f585726155b4784deb4d3a6aa1b.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/46/e27742a9403987c032aba881189804b1.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/49/b1833f42399dcf771b4cd8e54daef038.png)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/5/3536a2803b5b7e7cccfc8863dbf0f0fc.png)
is bad.
threatens the
.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/10/cc2c362e098f539c53ff3bcebd01da8c.png)
connects. Now if
,
.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/51/4cefe4378f48f681146410ed7b21f9db.png)
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