:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of Our Solution (III)

White's Final Decision

VAR

(Referenced by 26; 557)
: ( 510)
White captures Black's centre group.
In this book, we will call this second main variation the "Capture Variation".

:
Black recaptures.

: (A 585)
White must play this oki. Continuing the semeai at top right, with , instead loses four points.

This decisive oki, re-discovered by Joachim Meinhardt, had been overlooked in the classical solutions.

:
is the second point of territory that is won by the tsuke of Yamada Shinji.

:
White is much too late.

(Referenced by 924)


Black wins by five points.

Black gains seven points, compared to the professional solution, thus the guzumi takes three points, and the hasami-tsuke takes another four points, of White's territory. White gains two points, due to the tsuke of Yamada Shinji.

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