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White pushes from above.

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Black blocks, as a matter of course.

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Thereafter, White chooses the central attachment.

She might consider connecting at the upper edge with , instead, achieving the same final scores.

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Black's solid connection below is sufficient.

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

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White forces in the left centre, in order to create some points of territory below.

If she defends at , instead, Black will destroy her potential territory in the centre, and the final scores will remain unchanged.

Black plays 3/4 reductions.

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

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black' cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black did not capture one White stone in the left centre, so losing one point.
• White got two points of territory in the left centre.
• White got an additional point of territory in the upper right.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower left, so losing two points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation (arithmetically) ...

• Black' cumulated gain at the upper edge is three points.
• Black did not capture one White stone in the left centre, so losing one point.
• White got two points of territory in the left centre.
• White captured one Black stone less in the upper right, so losing one point.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.
• Black captured an additional White stone in the upper left, so gaining twp points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1