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Joachim's Capture of White's Left Side
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: ( 2035) For further details of our analysis at the time, please refer to the history of our investigations ... | |
: : : Connecting at , instead, will not make a difference. : | |
: : If he captured in the corner with , instead, White would live without any ko after the sequence of , , , as Black would be unable to connect with . | |
: Capturing Black's two stones would secure independent life for White's group in the corner. : | |
: This move establishes Joachim's Double-Ko (there are two ko-shapes now, at , and at ), which renders Black's attempt to capture White's left side with a grave mistake. | |
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: Black is unable to connect at , as White would capture with . Please note that White will not capture the hanezeki's tail with a move at . | |
All of Black's groups on the right side of the board are dead, so ... White will win the game by a very large margin. | |