:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)

Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)

VAR (C) (A) (.1) (.2)

: ( 222ab)
White plays the wedge into Black's upper left corner.

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Black gives atari from the outside.

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White gives counter-atari, also connecting her stones at the upper edge.

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Black takes the opportunity to play the guzumi at right.

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White attacks Black's upper left corner from the right, ...

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... and the left, ...

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... before capturing Black's single stone at the top.

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Black has to play a protective move. He has to be careful here, due to the hidden weaknesses of his corner.

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Eventually, White responds to Black's earlier played guzumi.

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Black takes the opportunity to protect his territory in the lower left corner.

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White continues her attack at Black's upper left corner, in order to reduce Black's territory there.

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White's jump is tesuji.

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Black protects his formation at the upper edge.

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White tries to reduce Black's corner to only one big eye.

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White further reduces Black's corner at the left edge in sente.

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White connects her forces in the corner, so Black will have to take these stones really off the board.

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Black captures White's single stone at the top, erasing a potential shortage of liberties.

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White continues with the Main Semeai.

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It is best now for White to connect her stones.

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White captures at the top, also occupying one outside liberty of Black's corner.

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Black has to defend passively.

Black plays 3/3 reductions.

After her decision point, White will capture at in sente, and connect at thereafter.
Black has to take White's stones in the upper left off the board, with to .

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • White's cumulated gain in the upper left corner is seven points.
  • White's cumulated gain at the top is four points.
  • Black destroyed two points of White's territory at the upper edge.
  • Black destroyed six points of White's territory in the upper right corner.
  • Black gained an additional three points of territory in the lower left corner.
  • White did not capture three Black stones at the right, so losing six points.
  • Black did not capture White's two stones in the lower left, so losing four points.

In total, White lost two points.

White + 5 => White + 3

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • White's cumulated gain in the upper left corner is seven points.
  • White's cumulated gain at the top is four points.
  • Black destroyed two points of White's territory at the upper edge.
  • Black destroyed four points of White's territory in the upper right corner.
  • Black gained an additional three points of territory in the lower left corner.
  • White captured an additional five Black stones at the right, so gaining nine points.
  • Black captured an additional three White stones at the left, so gaining six points.

In total, White gained five points.

Black + 6 => Black + 1

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