Variations of Our Solution (II)
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Neither is he able to connect the hanezeki's tail with a move at Even capturing at White wins unconditionally. |

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would in principle return to the higher-level sub-variation, so Black tries the atari from below.
, instead, White would answer at
, resulting in a change in the order of moves to the sequence used here.
, instead, will lead to a larger eye for White, after her reply at
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, and win the Punishment Semeai.
himself, because White's centre group has seven liberties left - White would win the semeai with Black's connected group on the lower edge.
, and connecting thereafter, will not provide any help to Black. White's centre group will still have six liberties left, enough to win outright.
