:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2020)

Variations of Our Solution (IIIa)

No Early Kikashi

VAR (.1) (.5)

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White continues with the Main Semeai.
Please note that White chooses a move that keeps her troops in the centre, and at the top, connected.
White has to defend against Black's wedge at . and would do the job, too.

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Black gives atari at White's three stones below.

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White connects.

She would lose the game if she captured the hanezeki's tail "early" with , instead.

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Black tries to cut White's troops apart, but he cannot succeed.

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These two moves are miai.

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Black has to connect, as he must not allow White to connect along the upper edge.

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White secures life for her centre group.
and are miai now for her second eye at the top.

White will win the game by a large margin.

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