Joachim's Ko-Semeai - Putting the Cart
Before the Horse (2013 - 2015)
12 - White's "Early" Kikashi in the
Upper Left Corner
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( White's kikashi of Here, we will consider what happens, should White have played this kikashi "early", so strengthening Black's shape in the upper left. |
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In order to create suitable conditions on the upper edge for our research, we have to take six pairs of Additionally, it might help White to have played the gote-sente combination of
!!! Please note that - for the first part of this investigation in this section - we still kept Michael Redmond's kikashi in the bamboo joint ( |
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In the hanezeki, White might choose between |

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can be played for sure if the shape in the centre of the upper edge is fixed, with
and
on the board already.
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off the board.
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, in the hanezeki, instead of simply occupying one of Black's liberties in gote, with
in the hanezeki in to a suicidal one.
. We will analyse
, and 
