Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)
Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)
VAR (C) (A)
: ( 222jc) | |
: : (108 222je) Connecting her endangered stones at the left, instead, would be a mistake. White would unnecessarily reduce her score in the Capture Variation, despite still being one point better than in the solution. : (108 222jk ; A 222jm ; 116 222jn ; B 222jo) Black must neither capture White's five stones in the upper left with , nor destroy a potential White eye in the centre with , nor capture White's single stone in the upper right with . Each of these attempts will end in a disaster for him, as he will be unable to win a semeai with White's centre group. However, as we now know, it would be best for Black to insert Michael Redmond's kikashi in the bamboo joint just now. He would benefit from White's five stones in the upper left corner being in atari. : We have reached a change in the order of moves with the previous subvariation ( 222jc). The final scores of the game will become White + 6 / Jigo. | |