Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)
No Early Kikashi
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She will be worse, if she pushes with |
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Please note that this move is played outside the Main Semeai, but does not lose a tempo therein, because It is a mistake to play the central attachment at
White will win this ko anyway, so Black might consider retreating with |
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We now know that White's kikashi cannot be counted as an additional ko threat. |
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White is comfortably ahead in ko threats (
Otherwise, Black will capture there, and connect thereafter, achieving a drawn game. He is able to do so, because he has a sufficient surplus of liberties in the Main Semeai. |
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Black plays 0/2 reductions. |
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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: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, Black lost one point. White + 1 => White + 2 |

648ix
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648ke
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becomes an approach-move liberty of White's group at the left.
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, achieving the same overall result of the game.

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in the centre, which had been played too early by us.

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