:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2017)

Michael Redmond's Kikashi

in the Professional Solution (2017)

In Autumn 2017, Joachim addressed the question whether playing the kikashi of Michael Redmond 9p might be feasible for Black, after he had chosen the Hasami-Tsuke Sequence for reducing White's top right corner, instead of the classical push / sagari, in the "usual" course of the published Professional Solution.

This idea provides White with a difficult choice, as well as Black later.

Some discussions during the course of our analysis made us clear that we hadn't really grasped the interdependencies between hasami-tsuke, kikashi, and the liberty count in the upper right corner yet.

Therefore, we decided to write this chapter, in order to clarify that issue.


According to the results of our amateurish analysis, Black would be able to win the game by at least two points.

Or new findings resulted in a demand for White to think about a way to prevent the above-mentioned combination. These considerations are presented in the following chapter ( 1092o).

The Professional Solution after the Creation of the Nakade 1092j
The Hasami-Tsuke Sequence 1092k
      White's Kikashi in the Bamboo Joint 1092k
      White's Peep at the Upper Edge 1092k
Michael Redmond's Kikashi in the Bamboo Joint  
      White Answers with the Atari 1092l
      White Answers with the Solid Connection 1092l
      White Plays Elsewhere Outside the Main Semeai 1092l
      The Final Challenge: Black wants to live, White wants to kill 1092l

We ask for your kind understanding that we have not been able to adjust the structure of our website according to the new correct order of moves, but only added a corresponding note in the affected variations.

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