Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Black plays 0/3 reductions. With 3/3 reductions, the final scores would be Black + 3 / White + 6. White will connect at after her decision point. White might start the Semeai Variation with her kikashi , in the hanezeki, but which will not really help her. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White lost two points. White + 2 => Jigo | |
Semeai Variation: At White's decision point, Black will have 10 effective liberties left, e.g. nine direct liberties () and one approach-move liberty (), as marked here. Therefore, White will be unable to kill his large group in the upper right. Black will win by a very large margin. | |