Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Usually, White would play her kikashi
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Black plays 0/3 reductions. White will start the Semeai Variation by playing her kikashi at |
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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: At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have ten liberties, eight direct liberties ( Black will win the game by a large margin. |

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in the hanezeki, in order to prevent a Black atari at
there. Here, in this subvariation, however, she will lose the Semeai Variation anyway; therefore, it does not make sense to sacrifice one point in the Capture Variation for gaining one point in the Semeai Variation.
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), and two approach-move liberties (
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