DieterVerhofstadt/Examples of reading
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/35/20126bf4bd1cec0ff2b77b2989279c53.png)
What can black do?
For me, the circled points are all candidates for the first move.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/5413a2ce18df9ddf5884cf2af8414d1d.png)
First line
First candidate: reduce the eye space. We can see there's a ko this way.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/9/7f0ae2f5ad62cebcdb7aad03a61658b6.png)
Second variation
Can Black do better? Yes. If
then
. But can White do better? Yes:
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/24/59ae43e699aef05d99f83bd1da8e1c8a.png)
Variation 2B
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/33/456fe5da175025f11d040ab88e30417c.png)
Var 3
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/48/d111884f23902df9fa02a211ecc61fa9.png)
Var 3B
Same as Var 1 but different order. This made me realize White has an option in var 1:
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/38/d40b8af652701ab0cdc2b679f682b4ff.png)
Var 1B
It turns out
is the vital point in this position.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/16/87f26ee0b3e34310e3b0dfe255e375a0.png)
Var 4
invites
on the vital point
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/15/6ce4f6a9f9cd5825c19a898cdf8dc613.png)
Var 5
This exchange doesn't help.
This problem needs 8 diagrams of about 5 moves deep. It's easy to miss variation 1B, think that 1 is the solution, while 3B is the main line.