:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)

Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)

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

(.1) (.1) (.1) (.3)

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White connects her two stones at the top, separating Black's large group at the right from its allies at the left.

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Black has to capture White's single stone in the right centre, in order to avoid me-ari-me-nashi in the Central Semeai.

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KataGo likes to insert this push as a kikashi.

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White occupies a liberty of Black's cut-off stones.

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Black captures White's two stones.

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White recaptures.


Ko:

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Black answers a White ko threat in the right centre.

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Black gives atari at the upper string of White's left-hand group.

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White has to capture the hanezeki's tail now.

Continuing with the ko fight by capturing at , instead, is out of the question here.
White has run out of viable ko threats against Black's right-hand group. Black would turn the upper left corner into a seki, and thereafter still be able to win the Central Semeai on its own.
White would have to capture the hanezeki's tail anyway, but her loss in the upper left would cost her the game.

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Black recaptures.

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White gives atari at Black's cut-off stones, so ending the ko fight in the upper left corner.

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Black starts the ensuing endgame with this large descent in the lower left corner.

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White's atari in the right centre stops Black from achieving independent life for his large group in the upper right.

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Black connects one of the three remaining endgame ko.

Thereafter, White will connect at in the upper left, and Black will connect at in the centre.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • White captures Black's cut-off stones in the upper left corner, so gaining 16 points.
  • Black's cumulated gain in the lower left corner is five points.
  • Black's cumulated gain in the nakade area is six points.
  • Black destroyed five points of White's territory in the upper right corner.
  • Black's cumulated gain in the right centre is five points.
  • White did not capture Black's stone in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 7 => White + 4

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