:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2021)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)

Tricking KataGo (Triple-Ko)

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

: ( 222je)
White plays the wedge in the left centre.

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Black gives atari from the outside.

: (125 222jh)
White continues with the Main Semeai by connecting her stone in the right centre.

Playing KataGo's bad-shape move in the left centre would be a mistake here, losing one point overall.

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Black defends his territory in the left centre.

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White's push at the left edge is her priviledge, threatening to throw-in at .

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White takes profit outside the Main Semeai area by playing hane at the upper edge.

Black plays 1/2 reductions.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • White destroyed one point of Black's territory in the left centre.
  • Black captured a White stone there, so gaining one point.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 3 => White + 3

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • White destroyed one point of Black's territory in the left centre.
  • Black captured a White stone there, so gaining one point.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 3 => White + 3

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