:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2022)

Tenuki Variations After my Guzumi (2022)

VAR (.A)

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White plays Fujisawa Hideyuki's Atari at the upper edge.

We inserted this move manually.

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Black strengthens his formation in the left centre.

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White's wedge in the upper left ...

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... forces Black to seek independent life for his large group in the upper right.

Otherwise, e.g. after Black's defence with , White would occupy the Guzumi Point with . After , would be an atari.
If Black continued with the "usual" , White would capture with , securely connecting her stones at the left. Thereafter, Black's hopes on reducing White's bottom group to only one eye would end in vain, due to Black's remaining weakness in the left centre.

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White pushes into Black's upper left corner, continuing her attack.

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Black looks for eye-space at the left edge by giving atari at White's single stone in his corner.

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White makes sure that Black cannot capture all of her stones at the left side of the board.

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Black cuts, capturing most of White's stones at the left side.

The game is decided now. White will be unable to find sufficient compensation for her loss at the left side.

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White utilises her single stone in atari as a sacrifice, ...

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... in order to capture some of Black's stones at the top.

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Black defends his remaining corner territory in return.

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White ends in gote.

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Black continues with the Crosscut Sequence.

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Black's descent to the lower edge defends his territory in the lower left corner.

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The endgame continues with the mutual reduction of opponent's territories.

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White's atari in the Guzumi Area could be played at any time, in principle.

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White must capture Black's single stone below, due to her damezumari at the left side.

Black threatened to capture White's five stones there by giving atari with .
White would be unable to connect at , as would be atari again.

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The small endgame continues.

Black's territory:

  • Upper left corner: 7 points.
  • Left centre: 8 points.
  • Lower left corner: 28 points.
  • Upper right: 3 points.

= 46 points of territory in total.

White's territory:

  • Hanezeki: 2 points.
  • Bottom: 4 points.
  • Top: 18 points.
  • Upper right corner: 10 points.

= 34 points of territory in total on the board.

Black wins the game by eleven points.

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