Beginner Exercise 298 / Solution

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Solution

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B lives

B1 is the only way to live.

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Hardest attempt

White's hardest attempt leads to seki in sente.

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Variation

W2 here is met by B3 securing an eye. B5 makes a second eye.


Failures

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Failure 1

Immediate B1 fails, because white can capture the stones on the left or connect W2 to the outside.

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Failure 1 variation

Other continuations are also dead.

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Failure 2

This B1 doesn't work either.

If B3 at either a or b then white takes the other point, reducing the eyespace to a bulky five.

If B3 at c then W4 at a kills, while B3 at d will be answered by W4 at b.

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Failure 3

B1 here might look promising, but it's also a mistake which is punished by the clever sequence up to W6.

If black plays B7 at a then W8 at b sets up a snapback.

B7 at b is for example answered by W8 at a capturing the stones on the left.



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