:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (Ib)

KataGo's 2021 Solution

VAR (.3) (.3)

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White connects her single stone in the right centre.

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Black captures White's two stones in the lower left in return.

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White captures in the upper left.

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Black has to recapture.

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White forces in the lower left ...

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... before continuing with the Main Semeai.

Black plays 1/1 reduction.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

  • Black captured White's two stones in the lower left, so gaining four points.
  • White got an additional point of territory in the centre.
  • Whte captured Black's stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

  • Black captured one White stone less in the lower left, so losing two points.
  • White caputured one Black stone less in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1

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