:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (II)

VAR (L)

(Referenced by 247; 249)


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White denies Black access to the guzumi point.

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Black takes the large point in the upper left corner.

Black is unable to connect his earlier played hasami-tsuke stones. Otherwise he would enable the Punishment Semeai.

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We play the whole endgame on the left side first, to shorten the sequence shown.

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We have reached a position that allows us to calculate the score.

Compared to our solution, White gained ten points of territory in the upper right corner (2 * , 6 * ), but she has lost one point on the upper edge () and did not capture two of Black's stones (2 * ). Her net gain is five points.

Black gained five points of territory in the upper left corner (5 * ), but also lost one point and did not capture a White stone (, ). His net gain is three points.

In total, White gains only two points, and thus is two points worse than with the main sub-variation here.

Black will win by three points.

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