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Black descends to the upper edge.

We inserted this alternative move manually. The sequence below shows KataGo's favoured continuation (in "Analysis Mode").

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White captures Black's stone in the lower left as a kikashi, ...

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... before attacking Black's upper left corner, starting with the hane at .

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Black tries to separate White's forces in the corner.

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White's atari at the left edge is absolute sente.

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Black must connect solidly.

He is unable to fight the ko after blocking with , instead.

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White intends to establish an eye space for her group that is as large as possible.

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Black's descent to the upper edge stops White from getting two eyes in the corner.

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White destroys Black's potential second eye at the upper edge.

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KataGo plays the atari at the nakade as a kikashi in-between.

KataGo also considered in the upper left and the peep at at the upper edge (both CHITOOM).

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Black's group has only one eye.

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KataGo seems to like playing kikashi like this.

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White continues with the attack in the upper left corner, ...

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... before answering Black's move in the upper right.

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Black captures White's two stones at the left edge.

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White recaptures.

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Black plays atari from the outside.

KataGo also considered the throw-in at , instead.

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White connects, preventing a Black throw-in at this point.

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Black erases some potential White ko threats in the left centre.

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Black captures at the left edge, starting a ko fight for life and death in the corner.

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White captures the nakade as a ko threat.

Ko:

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White splits the Nakade Sequence, in order to create an additional ko threat at the left.

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The ko in the upper left corner is an approach-move ko, so Black throws-in at the left edge, erasing White's potential ko-threats in the nakade.

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White occupies another outside liberty of Black's corner group.

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White continues with occupying Black's outside liberties.

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Black connects the ko.

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White occupies the last outside liberty of Black's group, turning the upper left corner into a seki.

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Black saves his hasami-tsuke stone that was in atari.

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White continues with the endgame in the lower left corner.

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Black connects, as there is no larger point available on the board.

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White captures the hanezeki's tail.

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Black recaptures.

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White's oki continues a well-known sequence for dissolving the hanezeki.

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White starts the endgame at the rest of the board.

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Capture Variation:

Compared to the super²ordinate variation, ...

• White's cumulated gain in the upper left corner is 17 points.
• White's cumulatead gain in the left centre is one point.
• Black's cumulated gain at the left edge is five points.
• White destroyed two points of Black's territory in the lower left corner.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower left, so losing two points.
• Black's cumulated gain at the top is two points.
• Black's cumulated gain at the right side of the board is ten points.

In total, White gained one point.

White + 2 => White + 3