:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)

Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)

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

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White starts the endgame in the lower left corner too early.

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Black takes the opportunity to tenuki to the upper edge, giving atari at White's two stones there.

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Black gains additionally by this move, despite he will end in gote.

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White captures Black's stone at the lower edge.

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Black must not play any reduction.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black's total gain at the top is three points.
  • White captured Black's stone in the lower left, so gaining two points.

White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black's total gain at the top is three points.
  • White captured Black's stone in the lower left, so gaining two points.

White lost one point.

Black + 3 => Black + 4

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