Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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We will assume here that Black does not intend to recapture at |
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White will not choose Dany's Sacrifice here, as the final result of the game will become worse overall. |
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Black plays 3/6 reductions. With 6/6 reductions, the final scores would be Black + 1 / White + 5.
Later, White will play her kikashi |
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Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost one point. White + 1 => White + 2 |
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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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, but will let White connect there before the end of the game.

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, Black will connect at
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in the lower left corner, so that Black has to capture at
before the end of the game.
after her decision point.

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