Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.1) (.5) (.3)
: ( 648ao) Please note that this move is played outside the Main Semeai area, and so loses one tempo. | |
: (124 648bs) Unnecessarily preceding it with her kikashi , in the hanezeki will not change the overall result of the game, but cost her one point in the Capture Variation. : ( C 648bx) However, he might prefer occupying one of White's liberties by connecting at , instead. He will increase his score in the Capture Variation by one point. | |
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: (148 648bz) : This implies that giving atari with a move at is out of the question here (simply because Black would have captured at much earlier in the "problem solving mode"). : (154 648ca) If she continued with the Main Semeai, instead, Black would be unable to destroy White's potential territory, starting with the atari at , just because he would end in gote locally. We already know that he cannot afford to do so, as he would suffer from the Punishment Semeai eventually. : : (155 648cb) Connecting her two stones in the lower left with would be a grave mistake. | |
Black must not play any reduction. White will start the Semeai Variation with her kikashi , in the hanezeki. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black gained three points. White + 1 => Black + 2 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost two points. White + 1 => White + 3 | |