Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.3) (.1) (.1)
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: White will not choose Dany's Sacrifice here, as Black will win the game. | |
Black plays 4/7 reductions. With 7/7 reductions, the final scores would be Black + 2 / White + 6. After Black occupied White's liberty at , White will force him to capture her single stone in the left centre "early". Thereafter, she will play her kikashi , in the lower left corner, so that Black has to capture at before the end of the game. | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 1 => White + 1 | |
Semeai Variation: At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have ten liberties, nine direct liberties (), and one approach-move liberty (), so White will be unable to capture it. Black will win the game by a large margin. | |