: ( 222cg)
White connects solidly at the top.

Ko:

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Black is forced to capture White's single stone in the right centre, to avoid me-are-me-nashi in the Central Semeai.

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White arms the ko fight in the upper left corner.

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Black must capture.

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White threatens to take away Black's eye in the right centre.

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Black gives atari at the upper string of White's left-hand group.

: (A 222da)
White must capture the hanezeki's tail just now - "very early".

If she captured the nakade at the left, instead, in order to continue with the ko fight in the upper left corner, she would be unable to win the Central Semeai, and so would have to capture the hanezeki's tail anyway.

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Black recaptures, of course.

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White gives atari at Black's cut-off stones in the upper left corner.

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Black starts the endgame with this large move at the bottom.

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White reduces Black's territory in the lower left corner.

Playing atari at in the centre, instead, would not affect the final score of the game.

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Black occupies the miai point.

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Black must defend his cutting point at .

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White's cumulated gain in the upper left corner is 17 points.
• Black captured one White stone at the top, so gaining one point.
• White's cumulated loss in the nakade area is six points.
• Black did not capture White's two stones in the lower left, so losing four points.
• Black's cumulated gain in the lower left corner is two points.
• Black destroyed five points of White's territory in the upper right corner.
• Black's cumulated gain in the right centre is six points.
• Black got an additional two points of territory in the hanezeki area.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 7 => White + 4