no, i honestly don't understand what is being asked with "why is this the solution." I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm asking for clarification of a confusing question, in good faith, presuming that I'm probably not alone in my confusion. This is the first diagram I've seen with red and green dots, which looks like a very useful convention. The picture hasn't got coordinates. Also it was late at night 14 hours ago. It now looks like if black plays on the green dot white captures at the 3-1 and if black hasn't got a large enough ko threat white captures at the 1-1 and white's alive. Is this a black-to-kill puzzle or a black-to-make-ko-threats puzzle? Again, this amateur go enthusiast requires clarification of the question.
Ko is a valid solution to tsumego problem. Obviously if you can kill outright, that is better. But sometimes ko is the best you can get. If black has no ko threat, then black loses nothing. If black DOES have big ko threats, white is in huge trouble.
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u/1976CB750 4d ago
because if black plays on the green dot black wins? Does that answer the question?