Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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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. |
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Otherwise, Black would gain from playing his own atari at
White should not throw-in with
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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 |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White gained four points. Black + 3 => White + 1 |
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Semeai Variation:
At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have nine liberties, eight direct ones ( Black will win the game by a large margin. |

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, intending to achieve the same aim. She would lose one point overall, while still losing the Semeai Variation.
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