: ( 506)
For a long period of time, we had continued with White capturing Black's nakade, following the classical line of play, and had played the endgame on the left side later.
: (102 552)
White should not change the order of moves here, and give atari at first. Black will get the large endgame move of in the top left corner. Although White will receive some compensation, in the top right corner, for her loss on the left side, she will be at least one point worse off, compared to the correct sequence here.
: (A 555)
Black's top right group does not have enough liberties to enable Black to play the large endgame move at .
: (A 557)
It does not profit White to capture the hanezeki's tail, instead.
: (145 559)
If Black tries to capture White's stones in the corner, with , , , there will develop a seki. This is due to the already played stones , which strengthen Black's shape, in contrary to our solution, where Black's corner would die ( 560).
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We now have reached the same position as with our solution, in which White can choose between (Semeai Variation), and (Capture Variation).