:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2017)

Variations of the Professional Solution

VARP (.1) (.1)

: ( 0730cab)
White plays her kikashi in the bamboo joint (too) "late".

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Black must not connect, otherwise he will fall prey to the Punishment Semeai.

: (A 0730cac)
It results a change in the order of moves with the superordinate variation.

Playing the placement at , instead, will result in a change in the order of moves with the following subvariation ( 0730cad).

Black will win by three points.

VARP (.1) (.1)

: ( 0730cac)
Playing a "late" oki is not correct.

:
White has already lost a move in the lower right corner, so this cut is gote locally.

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Black is able to connect his threatened stone at the top.

The left side of the board is identical to the Professional Solution.

The comparison of the final positions in the right half of the board (Professional Solution at the left) shows:

  • White lost five points of territory at the top (), due to Black's connection of both hasami-tsuke stones.
  • White got her point of territory in the centre ().

In total, Black gained four points of territory, compared with the Professional Solution.

Black wins by four points.

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