Belly attachment ladder breaker
Difficulty: Advanced Keywords: Tesuji
White has this amazin belly attachment as a double purpose move: it serves as a ladder breaker while it also enables a push through at A.
If
blocks, then
can cut because the ladder is broken: if Black A then White B makes 3 liberties against 2 for Black's cut off stones. If Black B then White A is next escaping or putting B in atari.
Can Black also play a double purpose move like this one?
No, up to White B the black stones are caught in a loose ladder.
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or capture 3 stones in a ladder.
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