Gokyo Shumyo, Section 1, Problem 29 / Solution
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Black lives
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seki at best
White can make a seki in sente. (In practice, Black's counterplay at a or b may well outweigh the loss of territory points.)
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Variation at 2
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no effect
The exchange of
and
has no effect on the solution.
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Wrong 2
is not a vital point when there are no cutting points inside. Two successive hanes and a three-point nakade kill Black.
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Wrong 2 variation (inferior for white)
An immediate nakade with
is inferior: Black has a ko now.
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Wrong 3 (variation)
Now a and b are miai.
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