:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2015)

Variations of the Professional Solution

VARP (.1)

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White reduces the liberties of Black's group in the top right corner. This starts a classical variation due to Fujisawa Hideyuki [LIT. 1; page 243].

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This move prevents two eyes for White's group at the lower edge.

: (75 727)
Playing this move at gives an equivalent result.

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Reducing White's corner territory to some extent will prove irrelevant here, but these moves might be the technically correct ones.

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As shown in the corresponding variation of our solution ( 524), it does not help White to capture the hanezeki's tail with a move at , instead, to save her bottom group. Black will win by capturing the entire lower right quadrant.

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Black can capture the three White stones now.
White's group on the lower edge has only four liberties remaining.

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Black wins the semeai by one move, and so the game.

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