Dieters Mistakes In 2022 / Problem 2 Bugcat's Attempt

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bugcat: My first idea was that we could play like this.

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However, after more thought I became concerned that B6 wasn't sente against the side group, since White could respond to Black's kosumi as below, after which Black's path to life seems very unclear.

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After sweating over this for a while, I came up with a fancier threat. This is more of a tsumego.

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A squeeze? It's not as good for Black as the actual solution. which is elegant, but this way of play does keep the game going.

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