:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (II)

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

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White connects her single stone in the centre, so missing the vital guzumi point.

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Black now plays the guzumi exchange ( / ), gaining an additional liberty.

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In the marked area, Black now again has the 12 liberties (11 * , ), necessary to escape the Punishment Semeai.

During the mutual occupation of liberties, White will capture the two marked Black stones, as usual in this kind of position. Black must not connect any of these stones, otherwise he will lose an important liberty of his group.
However, compared to other calculations of the upper right corner ( 421), White here does not get the three points of territory at , , and , due to Black's earlier guzumi . Therefore, she will be worse of than with our solution. Black will win the Capture Variation by six points.

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