DietersMistakesIn2022/Solution1

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Move 73 - my mistake

In the game I chose B2 (or a in /Problem1) and let the cutting stone be a burden for White. KataGo thought this was a big mistake and I should have played b instead:

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Solution - var 1

Surround in sente If White captures two stones, B8 effectively kills.

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Solution - var 2

White can live with this sequence but then Black has still sente to deal with the lower side, using his central thickness.



Failure to surround and harass a big group, forcing it to live small or be killed.


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