:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (Ib)

KataGo's 2021 Solution

VAR (.3) (.3)

: ( 58bd)
White plays KataGo's bad-shape move in the left centre.

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Black answers with the solid connection in the left centre.

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Black gives atari at White's two stones in the lower left.

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White connects.

Playing tenuki would lose two points in the Capture Variation.

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The Main Semeai continues.

Black plays 2/2 reductions.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

  • White destroyed one point of Black's territory in the left centre.
  • Black did not capture White's two stones in the lower left, so losing four points.
  • White did not capture Black's stone in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White gained three points.

Black + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

  • Black captured two White stones more at the left, so gaining three points.
  • White captured one Black stone more in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

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