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NYSR2002 W84 variation
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W84 Variation

[Diagram]
Diag.: Emphasizing the center

Lucky When black plays the marked stone white must connect in the center to be consistent with her strategy so far.

B2 is a smaller move than W3, the marked white stone still has aji.

The upper right white group is alive as it stands so it is very likely black will not play B2 right now.

P.S. I was in holiday for two weeks.



Arno 1d: I find some very threatening moves for black here, if white plays 3. After some hard thought I agree that white is alive here, but she has to watch her step very carefully. For example, black 1 below is a good attacking move.

[Diagram]
Diag.: White cannot play 2

White cannot play 2. If she does, she has to continue with 4 and 6 otherwise she should not play 2 in the first place. But after B7, a and b are miai and white is cut into two.


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Diag.: Potential eyes for white

What comes to white's rescue are several different plays: if she starts her defense at a the sequence b-f is forced. Note however that white damages her lower group in the process.

Then there is the move at g which threatens to link up to the marked stone and create some eyes along the side. If black answers g by playing at h, then white makes an eye to the right of g.

And then there is the potential eye at j by playing at k. Of course, white is not likely to get this one, because a play at k by black threatens to cut her apart.

All in all, the situation is not hopeless, but one wrong step and white is doomed.



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