In a club game tonight I got into a situation where I tried to play a move in sente that would let my stones connect, but my opponent ignored and kept me cut. I had read that black could do no better than ko in the corner.
I was able to kill the corner, but my opponent felt he could've lived if he'd played better. Was I wrong? Does black have a way to live in the corner without an unfavorable ko? Or even is there a way for white to kill without the ko? Looking at varitions on my own I don't think a ko is avoidable.
For those wondering how this developed. This was the general idea (I don't remember everything about the surrounding stones perfectly, but the corner situation is accurate.)
tenuki
is a mistake.
