:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (II)

VAR (L)

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Black starts with the sequence that saves his nakade stones.

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White is forced to bring her group on the left edge to life.

It will not benefit White to steal the second eye of Black's large group in the upper right, with a move at , instead. Black will reduce White's left-hand group to only one eye, with a move at , too. Thereafter, White does not have enough liberties to survive the Main Semeai with Black's large group. On the contrary, she will have to capture the hanezeki's tail "too early", so losing the game decisively.

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White was unable to reduce Black's upper left corner decisively, so Black will win the game on territory.

It seems to us that Black is securely ahead by about ten points.

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