Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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Blocking at Connecting her single stone at the upper edge with |
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White is comfortably ahead in ko threats, so Black does not really want to continue with the ko fight by recapturing with |
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Black plays 2/3 reductions.
Had White played her kikashi As usual, Black will have to capture 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: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 1 => White + 1 |

648cx
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, but plays her forcing move in the lower left corner first (which loses one tempo in the Main Semeai), and ...
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, however, would be mistaken, as is shown in a subvariation below (
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in the hanezeki before, Black would reduce with
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in the lower left corner (after
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