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Black defends his lower left corner.

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Black is par with the Punishment Semeai Liberty Level, so White is able to connect her single stone in the upper left.
Please note that this move does not lose a tempo in the Main Semeai, as it creates an additional approach-move liberty for her left hand group, due to Black's cutting point in the corner.

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Black connects in the corner, as he is unable to occupy White's liberty at immediately, due to White's threat of her succeeding throw-in at .

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White reduces Black's territory in the upper left corner, without losing any tempo in the Main Semeai.

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The Main Semeai continues.

Please note that White should not play the wedge in the left centre with , instead.
Here, in this subvariation, the endgame spots at and / are still open, so White will not benefit by this alternative line of play.
If she plays at first, Black will defend his territory in the centre with , achieving the same final scores as herein.

Black must not play any reduction.

After her decision point, White will hane at , and connect at thereafter.
Black will have to connect at before the end of the game.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White destroyed two points of Black's territory in the upper left corner.

Black lost two points.

White + 7 => White + 9

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White destroyed two points of Black's territory in the upper left corner.
• Black captured an additional White stone in the upper left, so gaining two points.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

Black + 4 => Black + 4