Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.1) (.5) (.3) (.1)
: ( 648bs) In this subvariation we will assume that White wants to refute Dany's Sacrifice, i.e. will connect her two stones in the lower left after a Black atari. | |
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: : His large group in the upper right would not survive a White throw-in at this point. | |
: Otherwise, Black would gain from playing his own atari at in the hanezeki that would be possible now, after having gained one Main Semeai Liberty back. : (E 648bu; F 648bv) White should not throw-in with , intending to achieve the same aim. She would lose one point overall, while still losing the Semeai Variation. : | |
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Black plays 2/4 reductions. With 4/4 reductions, the final scores would be Black + 1 / White + 3. Black will have to capture at before the end of the game. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White gained four points. Black + 3 => White + 1 | |
Semeai Variation:
At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have nine liberties, eight direct ones (), and one approach-move liberty (). Black will win the game by a large margin. | |