:: Igo Hatsuyôron 120 (2022)

New Story Line 2022

Michael Redmond's Kikashi

in the Bamboo Joint

VAR

: ( 2032a)
Black continues with the Main Semeai, as in the classical solution.

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White's peep at the upper edge prevents Black from playing Michael Redmond's Kikashi in the Bamboo Joint.

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Black is forced to connect immediately.

If Black mistakenly played at , instead, White would cut at , securely capturing Black's hasami-tsuke stones.

E.g. a Black atari at would be of no use thereafter, as White could simply capture with .

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Yamada Shinji's Tsuke starts the endgame on the left side of the board.

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KataGo's Immediate Crosscut.

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White starts the consolidation of her formation in the upper right corner, ...

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... before continuing the endgame in the upper left corner.

We have reached a change in the order of moves with the first variation of this section.

The final scores of the game will become White + 4 / White + 1.

2032a

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