Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Immediately capturing at
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Connecting at |
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Black must not play any reduction. |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost three points. Black + 4 => Black + 1 |
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Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost one point. White + 2 => White + 3 |

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, instead, would be mistaken. Black would lose two points overall unnecessarily after White's reply at
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, creating territory in the centre. The final scores would not be affected.
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would be a grave mistake.



