113NS Notcher

    Keywords: Life & Death
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113NS

It depends on who starts.

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Alive

Black can live in this shape.

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Death in the hane

White can kill by playing the hane, making essentially the 112NS Notcher shape. Thus this is an example of the proverb There is Death in the Hane.

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Not even a ko threat

However, White has a stronger kill by stealing the eye immediately, which doesn't even leave a ko threat for Black. This attack is also effective against the 114NS Notcher.


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