Variations of Our Solution (I)
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(Referenced by 38) : ( 45) |
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: (65 135) |
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: (A 137) |
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: (A 138; 79 164) Black might consider to try Joachim's ideas of playing the hiki at now, or of capturing White's left side with a move at , which both are explained in detail later for the first move ( 225), and for the second one ( 363), with played at , because his stone at (= here) may have hurt White's shape on the upper edge. However, these attempts will have been in vain. But - after the hiki of - White will be forced to start the ko, which will arise in the top right, "early", so Black's move at might have some technical merits. |
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: So we now are in the path of the classical solution, in which White will gain an additional seven points of territory () in the upper right corner, compared to our solution. White will choose the Capture Variation, to realize her gain that is shown here, and to overcome Black's lead of five points in the Capture Variation of our solution successfully. |
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: In the Capture Variation, White's lead would increase by a further two points, because White captures an additional Black stone () in the centre. In total, White will win this sub-variation by five points. |
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