Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.3) (.1)
: ( 649af) Black's outside liberty of his group in the upper left corner does not matter here, because the nakade at the left has not been captured yet by White. | |
: (138 649ak) In the subvariation, we will show the result of Dany's Ko in the case of White having captured the nakade "early" - what KataGo favoured several moves before: | |
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: White could also continue with just now, not affecting the outcome of the game. : If he played the throw-in at , instead, White would play the forcing sequence of , , , and Black would lose his entire group at the left, due to damezumari. Black has no chance at all to win the ko fight in the left centre, as White has several unbeatable ko threats at her hands, starting with . : : Black will be unable to win the ko anyway, so he could connect at just now, not affecting the outcome of the game. : Please remember that neither nor are valid ko threats here, as Joachim found out earlier. : : Black could simplity the issue by immediately playing at , instead, not affecting the final scores of the game. |
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Black plays 3/4 reductions. Playing 4/4 reductions would interchange the scores of the Main Variations. Before the end of the game, Black will have to capture at . | |
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, White gained one point. Jigo => White + 1 | |