:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2020)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)

No Early Kikashi

VAR (.1) (.5)

: ( 648ao)
White plays her kikashi in the hanezeki.

:
White continues with the Main Semeai.

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Black captures White's two stones in the lower left.

Black plays 0/2 reductions.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black captured two White stones in the lower left, so gaining four points.
  • White captured Black's single stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.
  • Black got an additional point of territory in the hanezeki.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 1 => Black + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black captured one White stone less in the lower left, so losing two points.
  • White captured one Black stone less in the lower right, so losing two points.
  • White got an additional point of territory in the hanezeki.

In total, White gained one point

White + 1 => White + 2

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