Joachim's Ko-Semeai - Putting the Cart
Before the Horse (2013 - 2015)
5b - White Answers with the Solid Connection
( 981) Here we will analyse what will happen, if White connects solidly at , instead of "giving atari" at . |
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White's single stone on the upper edge is in atari now, so we have to shift to . |
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White's group has five liberties (2 * w, 3 * c), as usual. Black's group has eight liberties here (3 * c, 4 * b, k), one more liberty than usual. However, Black has lost his internal ko-threat at . In principle, we have a situation similar to White having lost a move. So we can expect White to need three atari-ko-threats now. |
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