: ( 222ia)
Black closes his upper left corner.

:
White occupies a shared liberty of Black's right-hand group, keeping Black par with the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level.

Please note that Black will never get the opportunity to push at .

Black must not play any reduction.

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White will start the endgame at the left side of the board after her decision point, in order to stop Black from playing the profitable push at "late".

:
Black simply connects.

Giving atari at the miai-point of , instead, would not affect the final score.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White got an additional four points of territory at the top.

Black lost four points.

Black + 2 => White + 2