Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.4) (.1)
: ( 648kh) Black's push is played outside the Main Semeai area, so it loses one tempo at the moment - in principle. Nevertheless, if Black were already par with the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level (i.e. had one Main Semeai Liberty less than here), pushing at would be a fatal mistake. White would continue with the Main Semeai; please refer to ( 648ap) for details. | |
: (A 648kj) Pushing with from above, instead, would be worse for her. | |
: : ( A 648km)
Please note that this move is played outside the Main Semeai, but does not lose a tempo therein, because becomes an approach-move liberty of White's group at the left. However, as we know now, it would be best for White to play her kikashi at in the lower left corner. Thereafter, Black cannot avoid losing the game by a large margin. | |
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; : : (138 648kn) He is unable to give atari at the top by further pushing to . : (A 648ko) She might want to take the opportunity of capturing some Black stones at the left, by giving atari at , but she will suffer from being too greedy. |
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We now know that White's kikashi cannot be counted as an additional ko threat. : : | |
: White is comfortably ahead in ko threats (9 x vs. 6 x ). : | |
Black plays 3/3 reductions. Please assume Black's second kikashi in the hanezeki (, ) played before. Black will have to capture at before the end of the game. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost two points. Jigo => White + 2 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost two points. Jigo => White + 2 | |