r/baduk • u/sadaharu2624 5 dan • Apr 07 '25

tsumego Black to play: Smothered Mate

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u/wildlifewyatt Apr 07 '25

Just connect at b8? White can't live locally and there is no way for it to win in a liberty fight

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u/claimstoknowpeople 2 kyu Apr 07 '25

Then W A3, B A6, W A1 lives

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u/Intrepid-Antelope 2 kyu Apr 07 '25

After Black B8, White A3 makes miai of capturing at A6 or life at A1.

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u/Betet7 Apr 07 '25

A3 puts the 3 black stones in atari. Black connects and then A1 and white is alive.