Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.2)
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: (A 648gg) It is not good to pre-empt Black's kikashi in the hanezeki with , instead. : | |
: (129 648gj) Even now, after all valuable points outside the Main Semeai area have been occupied, she does not want to play at in the hanezeki herself. ; ; : : (A 648gk) After Black's kikashi in the hanezeki are played, she will not benefit from sacrificing her two stones, gaining two tempi in the Main Semeai. Please take notice that I was a bit lazy with the presentation in many subvariation, where we did not display , and , explicitly. I simply took them for granted. | |
Black plays 2/2 reductions. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 2 => White + 2 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. Black + 4 => Black + 4 | |