Black Must Force White to Follow
the Course of Our Solution
KataGo recommended answering from above with Black , forcing White to connect at (the throw-in at is no longer possible). | |
KataGo recommended answering from above with Black , forcing White to connect at (the throw-in at is no longer possible). | |
Just now, Black is unable to capture White's single stone with a move at . | |
White throws-in at , forcing Black to capture at . | |
Finally, White is a double-atari, securing life for White's large group at the left. | |
Black completes the shape of his nakade at the left edge. This group has two liberties now, so White is unable to capture it immediately. | |
However, White will not do him this favour, but capture at herself. | |
Due to Black's just won second liberty for his nakede stones, the forcing sequence from White to Black does not contain a fatal threat any longer, because White is unable to give atari at . | |
White's move at takes Black by surprise. White not threatens the cutting sequence from to , where after and are miai for capturing a large number of Black stones in the left centre. | |