Beginner Exercise 8 / Solution

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Solution

B1 makes the living eyeshape of bent four. a and b are now miai to keep this eyeshape and prevent it from being reduced to straight three. Black lives with 4 points.

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Inferior

B1 lives too, but W2 forces B3 - Black lives with only two points.

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Inferior: Variation

W2 here doesn't work. After B3, If White plays a, Black plays b; and vice-versa (that is miai).


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Failure

The most tempting failure is probably the atari at B1. White ignores it and reduces Black's eyespace by W2.

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Failure Continued

Black's capture is answered by the nobi of W4 and if Black finally protects his eyespace, it is already reduced to straight three and White plays the killing move W6.



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