: ( 648qx)
Black connects in the right centre.

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White plays her kikashi in the bamboo joint, ...

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... before connecting the ko in the left centre.

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The Main Semeai continues.

Black plays 1/1 reduction.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black destroyed one point of White's territory at the upper edge.
• Black got an additional point of territory in the right centre.
• White captured Black's stone in the lower right, so gaining two points.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1

Semeai Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation ...

• Black destroyed one point of White's territory in the right centre.
• White captured two Black stones more in the upper right, so gaining three points.
• White captured one Black stone less in the lower right, so losing two points.

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1