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White stops Black from playing his kikashi in the hanezeki.
Please remember that this move is gote in itself.

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Black inserts his kikashi at the top.

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White is forced to answer locally.

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KataGo's solid connection is a simply way that avoids any potential complications by Dany's atekomi at the same point.

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White has to play her kikashi in the hanezeki.

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White takes the last valuable point on the board.

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The Main Semeai continues.

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White chooses Dany's Sacrifice.

If she connected at , instead, she would lose the Semeai Variation, due to Joachim's Final Ko.

Black plays 0/2 reductions.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White's cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black got one point of territory in the left centre.
• White did not get any territory in the left centre, so losing two points.
• Black does not need to capture White's two stones in the lower left corner, so gaining one point.
• Black captured an additional two White stones in the lower left, so gaining four points.
• White captured Black's stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.
• Black got one point of additional territory in the hanezeki.

In total, White lost four points.

White + 2 => Black + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White's cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black got one point of territory in the left centre.
• White did not get any territory in the left centre, so losing two points.
• Black does not need to capture White's two stones in the lower left corner, so gaining one point.
• Black captured one White stone less in the lower left, so losing two points.
• White captured an additional Black stone at the right, so gaining two points.
• White got an additional point of territory in the hanezeki.
• White captured one Black stone less in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White gained two points.

Jigo => White + 2