Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR
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Defending his lower left corner with
If she inserted her kikashi at
White is barely ahead in ko threats (6 x Please note that fighting the ko until the very end would imply that Black played his disadvantageous ko threat at
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Black plays 2/3 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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, instead, would be too early, as White would gain decisively by also blocking with
at the top.
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, instead, she would lose her ko threat at
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), so Black will lose the ko fight anyway.
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