Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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He will be unable to win the ko, but he has to enforce White's final, and disadvantageous, ko threat in the lower left corner. |
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White might consider giving atari at |
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Using his last ko threat
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Black plays 1/2 reductions. |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 1 => White + 1 |
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Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 1 => White + 1 |

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at the left edge, instead.
in the upper right. White would be forced to play at 
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in the upper right - that loses one tempo in the Main Semeai - does not make sense, as he would be unable to connect the ko - losing another tempo in the Main Semeai. He is too close to the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level.
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