:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)

Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)

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

(.1) (.1) (.1) (.1)

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Black connects his hasami-tsuke stone.

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White gives atari immediately.

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Black connects one of the ko at the left.

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White captures Black's three stones.

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Black recaptures, as a matter of course.

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Quite surprisingly, White's immediate atari is mandatory.

Black would gain decisively, is she allowed him to extend to .

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Black connects the second ko to the left.

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White arms the ko fight in the upper left corner.

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Black starts the ko fight.

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White prepares for an additional ko threat in the hanezeki.

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White captures the nakade.

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This is the additional ko threat mentioned above.

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Black must connect at the upper edge.

He is unable to connect the ko with , instead. White would give double-atari at , killing Black's group by a double snap-back.

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The time has come to connect the hanezeki's tail.

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White will win the Central Semeai.

Her group in the centre has five liberties () left, while Black's connected bottom group has only four (three direct liberties , and one approach-move liberty )

A final Black connection at will turn the upper left corner in to a seki.

White will win the game by a very large margin.

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