Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.1) (.4)
: ( 648ee) Please remember that this move loses one tempo in the Main Semeai. | |
: : (139 648eg) She is unable to pre-empt Black's throw-in at by occupying this point herself. : | |
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: In the left centre, two Black moves are still missing. Black will either occupy both approach-move liberties () of White's group, or capture the ko with , and connect thereafter with . At the right, Black's group has twelve liberties, eleven direct liberties (), and one approach-move liberty (). In total, Black is ahead by ten liberties in the Main Semeai, which means that White will be unable to capture Black's large group in the upper right in the Semeai Variation, but which was her intention when sacrificing stones at the left. Black will win the Semeai Variation by a large margin The Capture Variation will end with Black + 9. | |