:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2020)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)

No Early Kikashi

VAR

: ( 648aa)
Black connects at the left of White's two stones in his lower left corner.

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White plays Dany's atekomi.


Please note that this move is played outside the Main Semeai, but does not lose a tempo therein, because becomes an approach-move liberty of White's group at the left.

Black is still par with the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level.

Black is unable to continue with , or , in the left centre, because any of these moves would push him below the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level.
On the other hand, White threatens the severe cut at , which would win her the game.

Black is strictly bound to continue with the Main Semeai. Therefore, giving atari at b.png"> is his only choice, because this move is the only one that also defends against White's cut at (which White will not play now; please refer to this subvariation 648of for details).

White will connect at y.png">, providing Black with two Main Semeai Liberties. Now, Black is able to defend against White's cut at .

We ask for your kind understanding that we felt unable to adjust the move numbers (i.e. to increase these by two) in the already created diagrams, which follow in this part of the variation tree.

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Black is forced to initiate Dany's ko, because he does not have a living shape in the lower left corner yet.

If he retreated with the connection of , instead, would kill his entire group on the left side.
If he connected at in the corner, White would cut at to capture the upper part of his stones on the left side, and win easily.

Please note that - from now on - we will not update the board's border colour in this subvariation (and its subordinated variation), just because the Main Semeai will not become effective.

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White is ready to capture the hanezeki's tail anyway, so she is able to split the Nakade Sequence, using her single moves as ko threats.

: (136 648ny)
Black secures a living shape in the corner.

If he connected at at the left, instead, he would lose his entire group.


Ko: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,

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The ko fight goes on.

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White terminates the ko fight by capturing at the left.

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Black lives very small in the upper right.
White will not capture the hanezeki's tail, therewith gaining over 20 points alone.

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White captures another four Black stones.

White will win by a large margin.

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