:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2020)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)

No Early Kikashi

VAR (.3) (.1) (.1)

: ( 648jc)
Black answers White's kikashi from below.

:
White plays her second forcing move in the lower left corner.

: (A 648jj)
Black connects at the lower edge.

Here, it will be a mistake to create an eye in the left centre, instead.

:
White throws-in in the left centre.

Black plays 3/5 reductions.

With 5/5 reductions, the final scores would be Jigo / White + 4.

Please assume the rejection of Dany's Sacrifice (, ) played before.

White will force Black to capture at soon, and to connect thereafter, so that he will have to capture at before the end of the game in the Capture Variation.


At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have nine liberties, eight direct ones (), and one approach-move liberty ().
White on her side will suffer from the final ko in the upper right centre - found by Joachim ( 648ag) - that depends on the existence of two White cutting points in the centre (), and Black's ko threat at in the left centre.
Black's large group in the upper right will not survive the semeai, but Black will capture White's two wC-stones.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black did not get any territory in the left centre, but captured one White stone there, so the net effect is zero.
  • Black lost one point of territory in the lower left corner.

In total, Black lost one point.

White + 1 => White + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

  • Black did not get any territory in the left centre, but captured one White stone there, so the net effect is zero.
  • Black captures White's two stones in the left centre, so gaining six points.

In total, Black gained six points.

White + 1 => Black + 5

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