Variations of Our Solution (IIIb)
No Early Kikashi
VAR (.3) (.2) (.2) (.1)
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: If White wanted to initiate Dany's Ko, she could play at immediately, keeping this atari in reserve as a ko threat. : KataGo's favourite, however, is the kikashi of in the lower left corner. After Black's best response with taking the point of himself, White would throw-in at , achieving final scores of White + 2 / Black + 4. In principle, this is similar to a later subvariation ( 649at), where White played her kikashi earlier. Please note that the different treatment of the upper left centre therein does not affect the final scores of the game. : | |
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: Immediately connecting at at the upper edge would be mistaken, losing one point overall. : : (151 649aq) White has no chance to successfully play the wedge at in the right centre, which was part of our older sequences and resulted in a White win by two points in both Main Variations. : | |
Black plays 2/3 reductions. If he played 3/3 reductions, the scores of the Main Variations would be interchanged. Before the end of the game, Black will have to capture at . | |
Capture Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, gains and losses compensate for each other. White + 2 => White + 2 | |
Semeai Variation: Compared to the superordinate variation ...
In total, White gained one point. Jigo => White + 1 | |