Beginner Exercise 272 / Solution

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Solution

White's left string cannot approach the marked Black stones, but the right string can. B1 removes that possibility. After B1, the white stones are dead.

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This move doesn't help

White shouldn't play W1: this is death in gote. It might look like seki, but the seki is only temporary: If played out (after the game or if forced), Black kills starting on a.



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