Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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He must not continue with the ko fight, e.g. by playing his kikashi in the hanezeki as a ko threat. Unnecessarily, he would fall into the trap that White had set up with her splitting of the Nakade Sequence.
However, in order to justify her splitting the Nakade Sequence, White would have to deviate from the "usual" continuation. She might want to play at | |
Now that we know that winning the ko is within Black's grasp, we need to be careful about the order of moves. White wants to connect her single stone at the upper edge with Thereafter, White is barely ahead in ko threats (8 x This implies that she does not want to insert her kikashi Black might want to simplify the issue by not fighting the ko until the very end. | |
White's second option at the top is the block with In this case, White is comfortably ahead in ko threats (7 x Black will capture White's single stone at the upper edge in return. Now, it is Black, who gains territorially at the top. White might also consider changing the order of moves, and start with her kikashi | |
Alternatively, she can connect her single stone at the top with | |
She might consider pre-empting Black's following kikashi in the hanezeki by taking the point of
We have reached a change in the order of moves with the superordinate variation. White will win both Main Variations by one point | |