:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2020)

Variations of Our Solution (I)

VAR (.2)

: ( 128e)
Black tries to get two eyes for his right-hand group.

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White captures at the left, and lets Black live at the right.

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White captures the hanezeki's tail.

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Black has to accept gote.

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White also captures Black's nakade stones at the left edge.

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White cannot live independently in the corner, so we will see a ko fight, as "usual".

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White creates a cutting point for Black's left-hand group, resulting in Black difficulties to approach White's corner group from the left.

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White connects in the corner, so ...

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... the ko fight will take place at the upper edge.
White has a lot of ko threats in the hanezeki, starting with the oki of , so Black will be unable to win the ko.

White will win the game by a large margin.

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