Beginner Exercise 123 / Solution

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The status is unsettled - Black playing first can kill while White playing first can live.

Black to play

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Black first

B1 is killing: W2 prevents the connection, but then B3 is atari, destroying the eye at a.

[Diagram]

Black failure

B1 allows a ko for life.


White to play

[Diagram]

White first

W1 lives. W1 at a or b also lives, but with less territory.



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