: ( 648gu)
White pushes from above in the centre, in sente.

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Black blocks in the left centre.

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White blocks at the upper edge.

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Black plays KataGo's solid connection "late".

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The Main Semeai continues.

Black plays 3/3 reductions.

Please assume the rejection of Dany's Sacrifice (, ) played before.

After her decision point, White will capture with at the upper edge in the Capture Variation, and connect with thereafter.
In the Semeai Variation. Black will connect at .

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White captured an additional Black stone at the upper edge, so gaining one point.
• Black destroyed one point of White's territory in the upper right.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 2 => White + 2

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• White did not get two points of territory in the upper right.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the upper right, so gaining two points.
• Black captured an additional White stone in the upper left, so gaining two points.

In total, White lost two points.

Black + 2 => Black + 4