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Black just played oki into White's eye at the left, after having played 4/5 reductions at the right ().
Black's large group at the right has "only" eight liberties.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black destroyed an additional point of White's territory at the top.

White lost one point.

White + 3 => White + 2

Semeai Variation:

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White continues with occupying Black's liberties.

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Black connects the tail, initiating the Semeai Variation.

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Black captures one of White's stones in the left centre.

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White pre-empts a Black move at , connecting his stone.

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Black has to erase his shortage of liberties first.

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White connects one of her stones.

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Black connects the other one.

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White inserts her kikashi in the lower left corner, forcing Black to capture at before the end of the game.

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the super²ordinate variation ...

• Black did not capture one White stone in the left centre, so losing one point.
• White captured an additional Black stone at the top, so gaining one point.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, Black lost four points.

Black + 1 => White + 3