Black is shut in now, so must cut, and thereafter save the cutting stone. |
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White must live on the lower side. White will not win the semeai starting with Nor would White win the game, if she could win that semeai by only one move ( (B White could precede her move at |
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Black still cannot take three white stones with Black cannot capture White's group on the left any faster with another move - for example with |
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Black must not capture White's three stones with |
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White cannot break through on the third line at |
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Black cannot play at |
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White cannot play at 91. Black will capture her group on the left side, eventually.
Just before the final move of the Nakade Sequence, KataGo (one of the "new" Artificial Intelligence based Go playing programs of superhuman strength) suggested White giving the surprising atari at Black's single stone below with a move at A, instead of giving atari at Black's group at the edge. Black will be unable to resist and has to surrender passively, eventually losing four points of territory in the Capture Variation that will now end with a Black win by only one point. Details can be found in Volume II of our book. We ask for your kind understanding that we have not been able to adjust the structure of our website according to the new correct order of moves, but only added a corresponding note in the affected variations. |
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Black has created a nakade - oversized, but with cutting points. Please note that this is the first "real" gote move in the solution's sequence so far. There is no need for White to capture immediately at |
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The large fight on the board, between Black's eyeless group in the top right, and White's group on the left side, which cannot get more than one eye, is already decided. So it seems technically correct to continue with the endgame on the left side of the board, and to finish the Main Semeai later. This is based on a suggestion of Professor Jeong SooHyun 9p ( |
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This tsuke was found by Yamada Shinji 6p. It is possible now, because White's group on the left can come to life, by capturing the tail of the hanezeki with There are slight differences in the evaluation of a few moves - compared to our solution - when the endgame on the left side is played last, and White continues with capturing Black's nakade with a move at |
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Black should play the exchanges of
White will not answer the atari in the Hanezeki. Harry Fearnley found that playing the forcing moves Black Black must play this exchange earlier in the game! We ask for your kind understanding that we have not been able to adjust the structure of our website according to the new correct order of moves, but only added a corresponding note in the affected variations. |
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During the move sequence that follows the tsuke of Yamada Shinji in the upper left corner, KataGo (one of the "new" Artificial Intelligence based Go playing programs of superhuman strength) suggested White playing the crosscut at 100 immediately. As with the tsuke itself, Black has no real resistance at his disposal and has to surrender passively, losing another three points of territory in the top left corner. The Semeai Variation will now become a drawn game (jigo) (with the other of KataGo's new findings remaining unplayed). We ask for your kind understanding that we have not been able to adjust the structure of our website according to the new correct order of moves, but only added a corresponding note in the affected variations. |
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This move prevents one point of territory for Black below, and is sente. White can change the order of moves, and also play at |
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Black gains no advantage by playing at 110, instead. |
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Black should not connect at 114 now. White will give atari in the top left corner, at |
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White captures nine stones, but cannot get two eyes. |
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This is an important tesuji for attacking White's eye-shape. There is no other way to prevent two eyes. |
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White could play at 120, instead. With |
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This is the second gote move in the solution's sequence. |
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The classical line of play continues with an atari at
Despite the fact that Black cannot successfully fight, and win, this ko (please refer to the appropriate variation of the professional solution; White does not profit from further reducing Black's potential territory on the left side, starting with a move at |
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Black might consider to insert the kikashi of Michael Redmond 9p in the bamboo joint, at 134, just now. However, if he wanted to gain an additional liberty for his large group, he would have to accept losing points (when White captures at 127, later). Otherwise, this will result in a change of the order of moves only. Therefore, it is not necessary for White to play her own kikashi at 124 earlier, to steal Black's kikashi its impact. |
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With the endgame on the left side already played, White could also give atari at 126 with this move. Otherwise, the order of moves will matter here (please refer to |
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This is the latest moment that White should occupy this point inside her eye, but for general technical reasons only. With the special situation in the problem, she might also wait one move longer. |
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Filling in the nakade shape like this is technically correct, according to Ōhashi Hirofumi 6p ( |
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Black cannot capture White's three stones with Black is obliged to take a liberty inside White's eye - any other move leads to the Punishment Semeai, and is a disaster for Black! This move is being played because it takes a liberty, and not because it is an eye-stealing point as coincidently also is in the classical nakade-filling sequence. |
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For the second time, a moment has come when White has to make a decision that will affect the rest of the game. Does she rescue her group on the left edge, or is it better to capture Black's big group in the upper right? However, fate has not been kind to her. Her groups on the left edge and in the hanezeki at bottom right are now one stone too large; on the other hand, Black's tail of the hanezeki has one stone too few. Whatever White decides, victory will be denied her. White chooses the main variation, which we call the "Semeai Variation". It is worse for her to capture with 163 in the centre (= "Capture Variation"), instead. |
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Before Black can attack effectively in the hanezeki in the lower right, he must reduce White's group on the left side to only one liberty. |
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Black had to wait until now to be able to continue in the lower right corner. |
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White is two moves ahead, and takes Black's big group in the top right off the board. Black's top right group needed three additional liberties to enable Black to win this semeai. |
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We now can see that the additional seki of the |
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Black wins by three points. This result is fairly stable with respect to small changes of moves, as well as to the order of moves, and is the standard result for the Semeai Variation with the double throw-in. Igo Hatsuyōron is a Japanese classic, so it is natural to use Japanese territory scoring throughout this book. Please also note that the Igo Hatsuyōron was written in an era, in which Komi was not yet used. |
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