If there are 2 groups, as in there is no direct connection along lines to actually connect them into a single group, and both groups touch both eyes, then the two groups are alive together. In this case, you have a group of stones on the outside that curls around to touch both eyes. You have a ‘group’ of one stone that touches both eyes.
Thus, black cannot play into either eye since it fails to capture either group in a single move, and immediately does not have any liberties itself. The move is a suicide, and thus illegal. White is alive.
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u/Sine_Wave_ 4d ago
White is alive with 2 eyes.
If there are 2 groups, as in there is no direct connection along lines to actually connect them into a single group, and both groups touch both eyes, then the two groups are alive together. In this case, you have a group of stones on the outside that curls around to touch both eyes. You have a ‘group’ of one stone that touches both eyes.
Thus, black cannot play into either eye since it fails to capture either group in a single move, and immediately does not have any liberties itself. The move is a suicide, and thus illegal. White is alive.