In James Davies Tesuji there is a particular problem regarding a capture race:
White to play
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X . |
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The solution given is :
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X . |
$$ . . . 5 3 2 1 . 4 . . . |
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Where 2 and 3 are miai (maybe I am not understanding this).
I can't quite see what the solution would be if Black played :
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X . |
$$ . . . . 2 . 1 . . . . . |
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If White then plays
black can just counter with
. Now White cannot play the marked point due to a shortage of liberties:
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X M O O X X . |
$$ . . . . 2 3 1 . 4 . . . |
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Black then wins the capture race :
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X . |
$$ . . 5 7 2 3 1 8 4 6 . . |
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If White tries to come in from the other side, they still lose :
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[go]$$W
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$$ . . . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ . . , . O O X X X . . . |
$$ . . O O X X O O X O X . |
$$ . . O X . X . O O X X . |
$$ . . 3 5 2 7 1 8 4 6 . . |
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Not quite sure what I am missing. Is there a problem with the problem or a problem with my problem solving?