:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2019)

Variations of Our Solution (III)

VAR (.2)

: ( 548kb)
Black gives atari.

: (100 548kbb)
White simply connects. There is no need for her to complicate the matter by establishing a ko fight.
Due to Black's nakade stones having two liberties, the sequence , , , is no longer a threat, because White is unable to give atari with a move at .

: (E 548kbc)
Black, however, does not have any use for his just "won" move. Taking the large endgame point of at the top left will end in disaster for him.

We also think that none of the later variations will become worse for White (with regard to the final score of the game, not necessarily with regard to the individual results of both Main Variations) after the exchange of - .


Black, however, wasted one of his potential ko threats with this exchange. Unnecessarily, White will win Dany's Ko now.


White will win both Main Variations by two points.

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