Kanazawa Solution Seven
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![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/21/fbd403ddef8b03012e0ce17ffe89944d.png) | A tesuji |
Black has one eye at the circled point.
makes miai of the capture at a and the connection underneath at b, capturing two stones.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/14/4d49b1b10c776fc1ef42e9e79b2ae8a1.png) | Variation 1 |
After the connection underneath, White can't give atari at a.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/20/3dc2327074ba86b19255f49d848cc03d.png) | Continuation |
Black makes four points capturing two stones, while White makes seven points (circled + captured).
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/12/77d611a8ab7e0e704eb0a33bc699fb0d.png) | Variation 2 |
Black makes a second eye with , and two points there. White can play neither at a nor at b because of shortage of liberties.
White makes four points capturing the stones, and one point at the circled points (Black has to throw in a stone to prevent an eye).
The difference between the two variations is (5 - 2) - (7 - 4) = 0. So White can decide her answer according to the global position.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/52/9fcb92aba77b4667f87e2de38a0c6a42.png) | At 'a' is wrong |
The vulgar atari of is a painful mistake. It's a so-called anti-suji, missing completely the proper line of play.
White answers at and the connection underneath at a doesn't work any more. White must not play anti-suji with at b, for Black will descend to c and make the connection work again.
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/52/be9e0521b52b6714570622a55e6fd663.png) | Losing points |
Forcing White's answer with loses points. There is no need for Black to lose the stone at .
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