Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.4) (.1)
: ( 648ht) | |
: : : She might consider playing Dany's Attachment at , instead, intending to fight Dany's Ko, but we think that she will be unable to get a better result than herein. | |
: (134 648hv) Giving atari with at the upper edge, instead, will be mistaken. ; : | |
Black plays 3/3 reductions. Please assume the rejection of Dany's Sacrifice (, ) played before. In the Capture Variation, White will capture at , and connect with thereafter. In the Semeai Variation, White will start with the throw-in at . A few moves later, she will play the forcing sequence , , , , resulting in a gain of one point in the left centre. In the Semeai Variation, she will be unable to capture at , and to connect thereafter, because this would cost her two moves in the Main Semeai, resulting in the life of Black's large group in the upper right. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 2 => White + 2 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. Black + 1 => Black + 1 | |