As pointed out by zinger, in one of my diagrams, Black lives with some of his stones ... so I found a better way to play it. First, the diagram involved:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X 9 2 6 8 X O O X . . |
$$ | . . a O 3 4 . X . 1 5 7 . b . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Black can take the two White stones by playing at a. If White falsifies that eye, Black is no longer bound by my Golden Chicken shape and can approach the stones at White 1, capturing them. White's best move is to capture the chain of Black stones with b and Black gest a smaller group with a 2nd eye.
There is a better way, though. White has a better move 3:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X . 2 . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O . 3 . X . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Looks a bit funny, right? However, it threatens to really take that eye away:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X . 2 . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O 5 3 . X . 1 4 . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
No more eye.
So, Black needs to respond. Two responses preserve the eye:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X 9 2 6 8 X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O 4 3 . X . 1 5 7 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Golden Chicken makes a comeback!
The other way to preserve an eye:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X 9 2 6 8 X O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O a 3 4 X . 1 5 7 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And again we have our Golden Chicken. It's important to note that White did not connect at a. There's a proverb: "Capture 3 on the edge to make an eye". Black can get his eye no matter what, so White needs to continue to play forcing moves. Playing at a does not force Black. Here's the failure line:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X . 2 . . X O O X . . |
$$ | . . 6 O 5 3 4 X . 1 . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
And then:
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[go]$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O O O . O . O O O X . . |
$$ | . . . O O O O X O X O . . O X X X . . |
$$ | . O . O X X O X O X X O O X O . . X . |
$$ | . . O X X X X X X 7 B 4 6 X O O X . . |
$$ | . . W 1 2 . B X 8 W 3 5 . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]
Because White 1 in the second diagram is captured, Black gets both his eye and the ability to approach at Black 8.