BeginnersEndgameExercise7/Attempts

The real game had more surrounding stones than this...

White's move threatens to crack the Black group in half and turn the left half into a Ko.

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In the actual game, Darek played this descent to prevent Ko. This looks right to me...

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This is another way to play. Three tries to scare White into responding at A. (The threat is not credible.) In the game, this would have been a waste of a good Ko threat although Mizu never even used it when a different Ko started. Mizu just...resigned.

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The other cut is Aji Keshi.

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Black leers at A.

I can't find a better move than Darek's descent in both contexts.


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