Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR
(.1)
(.4) 
|
In the "usual" course of the ko fight in the left centre, Black would have played this connection in reply to White's ko threat at |
|
Alternatively, she might consider connecting her single stone at the upper edge with
Defending his lower left corner, with
|
|
|
|
Black plays 3/3 reductions. Later, White will play her kikashi |
|
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ..., there are no changes. White + 1 => White + 1 |
|
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation, there are no changes. White + 1 => White + 1 |

648cx
.
: (129
648dw
, or inserting her kikashi
in the lower left corner "early".
herself, will be worse for her in the Semeai Variation.
:
, instead, will be one point worse overall.
:
;
:
:
:
:
in the lower left corner, so that Black has to capture at
before the end of the game.


