:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (II)

VAR (L) (.2)

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Black follows the "usual" endgame.

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However, he ends in gote, so he loses one of his just won two additional liberties for his top right group.

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Black uses the remaining additional liberty to destroy one point of White's territory, which otherwise would develop at .

However, White has gained seven points of additional territory in the upper right (2 * , 3 * ) before. Her net gain is six points, which overcomes Black's five-points lead in the "usual" Capture Variation.

White will win by one point.

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