: ( 222im)
White throws-in.

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Black connects.

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White tries to create a false eye in Black's formation.

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White descends to the upper edge, threatening to create an eye in the corner.

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Black must occupy the other 1-2-point.

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White connects her single stone in the right centre.

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Black starts the reduction of White's territory at the top.

Please note that there will be no ko in the upper left corner, even after Black occupied White's liberty at .
If White gives atari at the upper edge with , Black can simply connect with and is alive - me ari me nashi.

Black plays 2/2 reductions.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black lost four points of territory in the upper left corner.
• Black captured an additional three White stones there, for a gain of four points.
• Black's cumulated gain at the top is one point.
• White got an additional point of territory in the right centre.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 2 => White + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black lost four points of territory in the upper left corner.
• Black captured an additional three White stones there, for a gain of four points.
• Black's cumulated gain at the top is one point.
• White captured one Black stone less at the right, so losing one point.
• White got an additional point of territory in the upper right corner.

In total, White lost one point.

Black + 3 => Black + 4