Joachim's Ko-Semeai - Putting the Cart
Before the Horse (2013 - 2015)
11 - Black Does Without Michael Redmond's
Kikashi in the Bamboo Joint
( 987) If Black did without Michael Redmond's kikashi in the bamboo joint ( / ), White would be unable to exchange for . In order to simplify the presentation, we will take of the board, instead of . |
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As usual, White's centre group has five liberties (2 * w, 3 * c). But Black's group has eight liberties (3 * c, 5 * b), not counting the potential approach-move liberty in the ko. This is a disaster for White. |
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: White's slow, and solid, move in the centre has turned out to be a fatal mistake. This implies that it might be technically correct for Black to do without Michael Redmond's kikashi in the bamboo joint, because this cuts down White's valid options of play. |
///: Had White not played at in the centre, but from above at , instead, the same procedure with connecting at would not work any longer for Black. |
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: Capturing the ko with a move at does not help Black, just because there is only a false eye in this area. |