Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Either playing his gote atari in the hanezeki, or immediately capturing White's two stones in the lower left, or capturing White's single stone at the upper edge will be worse for Black.
White will be unable to connect Dany's Ko and to connect her single stone at the upper edge with a move at Please note that White's move, which is played outside the Main Semeai area, does not create an approach-move liberty at E here, just because Black is able to capture at B.
Black might consider pushing with | |
She might consider trying Dany's suggestion of splitting the Nakade Sequence, but will be unable to enhance her result.
She might consider blocking at
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Continuing the ko fight by recapturing with
Alternatively, White might consider connecting Dany's Ko; the final scores will remain unaffected. | |
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Otherwise, Black will gain by playing his gote atari at
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Black plays 0/1 reduction. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White lost five points. White + 1 => Black + 4 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White gained one point. White + 1 => White + 2 | |