Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR
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Forcing with
Black might consider playing the "usual" move at |
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Blocking at |
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However, it would be better to let Black capture and connect. |
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Black plays 3/5 reductions. Please assume the rejection of Dany's Sacrifice ( With 5/5 reductions, the final scores would be Black + 1 / White + 3 |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White lost one point. White + 2 => White + 1 |
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Semeai Variation:
At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have nine liberties, eight direct ones ( Black will win the game by a large margin. |

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in the lower left corner, instead, will increase White's score in the Semeai Variation.
will end worse for White.
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, but White will win the Semeai Variation thereafter.
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