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Magic Of Go Solution 2
Keywords: EndGame
One basic problem with this and other yose problems is that they are not well defined. What lies to the left of the diagram? It matters. There are some standard assumptions. :-)
We can assume that the surrounding area is Black's territory (or almost so). That is a natural assumption, and the answers to yose problems bear out that the authors are making it. (If not, we would see some White stones outside.) But how strong is Black outside? In this variant the circled stone prevents White from intruding too far into Black's territory. In this case the solution is very like the solution given.
The oki of Now the local temperature has dropped to 1 point.
Thanks to the exchange of circled stones, White has nothing better than
Because of damezumari, after
Without the stone to the left (in the variant)
Normally in yose problems such a move is treated as sente. Let's do that here. After (Note: The absence of a stone to the left, as in the variant, indicates that there is no such stone to prevent a deep incursion. If there were, it would have been shown. This is not just an apparent convention with yose problems. It follows general principles of interpretation shared by many cultures.)
That assumes, of course, that
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