: ( 648ki)
White pushes from above, threatening to capture Black's two stones to the right.

: (124 648kk)
Black blocks in the left centre, and has a sure eye in this area now.

It might be tempting to push further to at the top, instead, but Black would have to learn that this idea was too greedy

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

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White inserts her second kikashi in the lower left corner, threatening to kill Black's entire group at the left, before ...

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Please note that his connection does not gain a tempo in the Main Semeai here, due to w126, which created an approach-move liberty at the lower edge for her left-hand group (see below).

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... playing the central attachment in the left centre.

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Black uses this tesuji to establish a sure eye above, at the cost of a one point sacrifice.

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White blocks at the upper edge, taking the last valuable point outside the Main Semeai area.

Black plays 4/4 reductions.

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

Before the end of the game, Black will connect at , and White will connect at .
Black must e.g. connect at before approaching White's group at the left in the corner.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is two points.
• Black got one point of territory in the left centre, but did not capture one White stone there, so the net effect is zero.
• White captured one Black stone in the left centre.
• Black got an additional point of territory in the lower left corner.
• White got an additional two points of territory at the top.
• Black got an additional point of territory in the upper left corner.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 2 => Black + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black's cumulated gain at the upper edge is two points.
• Black got one point of territory in the left centre, but did not capture one White stone there, so the net effect is zero.
• White captured one Black stone in the left centre.
• Black got an additional point of territory in the lower left corner.
• White captured two Black stones less at the top, so losing two points.
• Black captured one White stone less at the left edge, but an additional one in the left centre, for a net gain of one point.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 2 => Black + 1