Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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White will not choose Dany's Sacrifice here, as Black will win the game. |
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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 |
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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: At White's decision point, Black's large group in the upper right will have ten liberties, nine direct liberties ( Black will win the game by a large margin. |

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, White will force him to capture her single stone in the left centre "early". Thereafter, she will play her kikashi
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in the lower left corner, so that Black has to capture at
before the end of the game.

), and one approach-move liberty (
), so White will be unable to capture it.
