:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (II)

VAR (L)

: ( 415)
It is correct for White to turn towards the left side.

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Black closes the upper left corner, attempting to return to the path of the "usual" semeai between right and left.

: (A 418)
White captures Black's stones on the left side. Black has secured his top left corner already, so White cannot win with following the main path of our solution.

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However, she should have put more effort in her choice here, with a potential ko-fight in sight.

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Black's previous move at (= ) not only took White all of her potential ko-threats in this area, but also reduced her upper partial group to only five liberties, so generating even more ko-threats for Black than "usual". Therefore, White cannot consider the ko-variations any more, but is forced to live with her group on the upper edge.

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Black's large group in the top right is alive now, so White starts a close endgame.

Black wins by three points.

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