Let's try. White's group on the left doesn't have two eyes, so a move at "b" would save it.
Edit: move in the diagram below is wrong!
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[go]$$Bc No problem, White is really connected.
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O 4 O 7 8 . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . 3 5 6 X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
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So the question is whether
threatens something. Clearly Black doesn't have enough space to make two eyes, so the only way for
to live is to kill one of the white strings.
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O d . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a d d O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O d d X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
If Black plays
at "a" or at any of the "d", then White can just capture the triangled stone and is fine.
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . 5 O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . d O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X 3 4 X 6 . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
"a" and "d" are miai. Same thing if
and
are interchanged.
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[go]$$Bc No problem either
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . . c . X X O O Y O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . 6 O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . 5 O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O 2 O O . . X 4 3 X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |[/go]
So I don't think
was a threat. The correct move must be "b" or "c", but I don't understand "c". What if Black cuts?
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[go]$$Bc
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X . |
$$ | . X O X . . . . . . . . X X O X . . X |
$$ | . X O X . . X . . , . O X O O O X X . |
$$ | . O X X . . 3 2 . X X O O X O X O O . |
$$ | O . O O . O . . . X O O . . O X O . . |
$$ | . O . . . . . X X O 1 a . . O X O . . |
$$ | . . . . X O O b O O . . X . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X O . . . . . O X X X O . |
$$ | . X X , . . X O . , . . . O O X O . . |
$$ | . O X . . . X O . O X . . . . O O . . |
$$ | O . O X . . X . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . O O . . . . . . X O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . X O . O . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . O X O . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , X X O O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . . . . X X O X X X X . |
$$ | . X X . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Perhaps
aims at using shortage of liberties but I don't understand how, variations seem complicated.
Conclusion: I would play "b", it's clean and safe. Anyway White is leading, there is no need to search for complications.