: ( 648kd)
White attaches in the centre.

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Black connects below.

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White's move does not lose a tempo in the Main Semeai, because it creates an approach-move liberty for her left-hand group.

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Black captures White's single stone at the upper edge, making miai of the areas at the upper edge, and in the left centre.

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Here, we choose White's block at the upper edge.

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Black has to destroy White's potential territory in the centre.

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White recaptures at the upper edge.
Please note that Black has reduced White's territory there by one point already (i.e. ).

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White must connect.

Otherwise, Black will gain by recapturing and connecting.

Black plays 2/4 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 ...

• White got one point of territory less at the upper edge.
• Black did not destroy two points of White's territory in the upper right.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation (arithmetically) ...

• White got one point of territory less at the upper edge.
• White captured two Black stones less in the upper right, so losing two points.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, White lost one point.

White + 2 => White + 1