Beginner Exercise 21 / Solution

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Solution

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White escapes!

Black is caught in a connect-and-die. If Black a, White b captures. Otherwise, White captures at a (or b snapback), and is connected to the outside and escapes, thus living (by tsumego convention).


Failure

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White failure

The double atari W1 is wrong. Black chooses to keep the marked cutting stones, preventing White's escape. After W3 captures, Black reduces the first line to no eyes with two hanes: B4 and B6.

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Variation

If White makes an eye on the first line, B4 captures and White only gets one eye.


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