: ( 648io)
White plays one of her forcing moves in the lower left corner.

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Black will connect, in order to secure a living shape for his group.

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Thereafter, White attaches in the centre.

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Black captures White's single stone at the upper edge.

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Black must answer White's previous forcing move.

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White secures two points of territory in the centre.

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Black destroys another point of White's territory at the top.

Black plays 4/4 reductions.

Please assume the rejection of Dany's Sacrifice and Black's second kikashi in the hanezeki (, ) played before.

Later, White will play her kikashi , in the lower left corner, so that Black must capture at before the end of the game.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black did not get any territory in the left centre, so losing one point.
• White got two points of territory in the left centre, but did not capture one Black stone there, so gaining one point.
• Black lost two points of territory in the lower left corner.
• Black destroys one point of White's territory at the top.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black did not get any territory in the left centre, so losing one point.
• White got two points of territory in the left centre, but did not capture one Black stone there, so gaining one point.
• Black lost two points of territory in the lower left corner.
• At the top, White captured an additional Black stone, so gaining one point.
• Black captured an additional White stone in the lower left corner, so gaining two points.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1