: ( 648mk)
White connects the ko, but this move comes too early.

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Black plays his remaining kikashi at the top, before ...

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... capturing White's single stone at the top.

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White blocks.

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Black is able to connect.

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The Main Semeai continues.

Black plays 2/2 reductions.

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

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black captured White's single stone at the upper edge, so gaining one point.
• White lost an additional point of territory at the top.
• Black did not destroy three points of White's territory at the top.
• White did not destroy one point of Black's 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 one point.

White + 2 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black captured White's single stone at the upper edge, so gaining one point.
• White lost an additional point of territory at the top.
• White captured three Black stones less at the top, so losing three points.
• Black captured one White stone less at the left edge, so losing one point.
• White captured an additional Black stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.
• White captured one Black stone less in the upper right corner, so losing one point.

In total, White lost three points.

White + 2 => Black + 1