New Story Line 2022
Joachim's Capture of White's Left Side
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For further details of our analysis at the time, please refer to the history of our investigations ... |
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Connecting at
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If he captured in the corner with |
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Capturing Black's two
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This move establishes Joachim's Double-Ko (there are two ko-shapes now, at |
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Black is unable to connect at Please note that White will not capture the hanezeki's tail with a move at |
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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. |

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, instead, White would live without any ko after the sequence of
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stones would secure independent life for White's group in the corner.
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), which renders Black's attempt to capture White's left side with
a grave mistake.
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