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White continues with the Main Semeai.

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Black gives atari at White's two stones in the lower left.

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White continues with the Main Semeai, choosing Dany's Sacrifice.

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Black captures.

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This move and the following ones might be played later in a "real" game.

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Capturing the Nakade is necessary here, but of no further importance.

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The Main Semeai continues with the Nakade Sequence.

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White's move is an atari at Black's stones above.

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White's push threatens to continue with the atari at , so ...

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... Black has to connect.

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Here, White secures two points of territory in the left centre.

Alternatively, she could also connect her single stone at the upper edge with :
White might have blocked at in the meantime, but this move would not affect the final scores of this subvariation.

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Black's kikashi could have been played earlier, of course.
Please note that it is played in response to White's move at , which lost a tempo in the Main Semeai.

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The Main Semeai continues.

Black must not play any reduction.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is two points.
• White got an additional two points of territory in the left centre.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

Black + 1 => Black + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is two points.
• White got an additional two points of territory in the left centre.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 3 => White + 3