Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Black has played 3/5 reductions. |
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Black's liberty at lA does not count here, because it will vanish with White's sente move Please also note White's cutting points |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
White lost one point. White + 2 => White + 1 |
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///: Semeai Variation:
Black's large group had nine liberties at the start of the Semeai Variation, so there are two liberties remaining ( Please note that Black is ready to capture White's group in the lower left corner that has only one liberty left, and to give atari in the hanezeki thereafter. Had White connected at |
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If she answered Black's ko threat by capturing with Black wins the game by over 15 points. |

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in the hanezeki.
in the right centre, which will become important soon.

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earlier in the game, forcing Black to capture her single stone wC in the upper right, Black would have kept his liberty in this area (then inside his eye). White, however, would just have created an additional approach-move liberty at lB for Black's group in the upper right, making it impossible for her to capture it.
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, and save his group by giving atari with
thereafter. White does not have any ko threat to stop this.
