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White plays Dany's atekomi in the left centre.

Now, Black must find a defence against White's cut at .

This subvariation contains one important line only.
You will find extensive elaborations on Dany's atekomi and the subsequent ko fight (= "Dany's Ko") in the "No Early Kikashi"-section of our variation tree ( 513a).

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Black gives atari in the left centre immediately.

He will lose the ensuing ko fight anyway, so he might consider simplifying the matter by connecting at , instead.

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Black captures Dany's Ko for the first time.

Like two moves earlier, he might simplify the matter by connecting at , instead, not affecting the final scores.

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White's atari in the upper right is her first ko threat.

However, Black's connection at would have been sente before (threatening to gain a second eye by continuing with ). Therefore, Black would insert this connection as a kikashi earlier in the game, depriving White of one of her potential ko threats.

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Black must connect his two stones at the left edge, erasing their shortage of liberties.

Otherwise, White would give atari with . After and , Black would be unable to connect at ; White would simply capture all of Black's connected stones with .

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White's push might not be necessary here. Please note that it erases White's potential ko threat of giving atari at Black's two stones below with . However, White has the move at at her disposal here, so nothing serious has happened.

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White inserts her kikashi in the lower left corner, threatening to kill Black's entire left-hand group.

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White connects her single stone at the upper edge, occupying the last valuable point outside the Main Semeai area.

Ko: ; ;

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The ko fight continues.

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White captures the nakade as a ko threat.

Ko: ; ; ;

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Black has only disadvantageous ko threats left, so he continues with the Main Semeai, instead of continuing with Dany's Ko.

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White has to connect the ko.

Black plays 0/2 reductions.

Before the end of the game, Black will have to capture with in the lower left corner.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

• Black's cumulated loss in the lower left corner is two points.
• Black destroyed an additional three points of White's territory in the upper right.
• White captured Black's stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, White gained one point.

White + 1 => White + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

• Black's cumulated loss in the lower left corner is two points.
• White captured an additional three Black stones in the upper right, so gaining three points.
• White captured one Black stone less in the lower right, so losing two points.
• Black captured an additional White stone in the lower left corner, so gaining two points.

In total, White gained one point.

White + 1 => White + 2