(Referenced by 730b)

: ( 738d)
Black lives at the top right.

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White must capture Black's three stones at the top left to compensate for her large loss at the right.

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This is Black's final defense in the top left corner.

For the sake of simplicity, we assume that all of White's territory-reducing moves at the left that contain a threat will be answered by Black ().
is White's final gote.

For the sake of simplicity, we assume that all of Black's territory-reducing moves at the right that contain a threat will be answered by White ().
and are all gote, and miai.

Black will continue with occupying the liberties of White's one-eyed group at the left, forcing her to capture the hanezeki's tail, similar to the Capture Variation.

Please remember that White cannot do anything in the hanezeki, hence Black is not in a hurry here.
In principle, Black could occupy the liberties of White's tail-surrounding group in the centre first, so was a valuable move. White kept Black from occupying this point, creating a false eye, so forcing her to connect her group, losing one point of territory.

However, if Black lives in the upper right, White has to capture the hanezeki's tail one move earlier than "usual", in the moment that her group at the left is left with only five liberties (i. e. with three Black stones inside her five-point Nakade), so losing one point of territory there.

This diagram shows the final position that is used for comparison.

Please note that Black – in the former hanezeki in the lower right corner – only has to take White's -stones off the board, as his large group in the upper right lives independently.

The comparison of the final positions in the left half of the board (superordinate variation at the left) shows:

• Black lost six points of territory () at the left, due to White's territory-reducing moves.
• White had to capture the hanezeki's tail earlier than "usual", so losing one point of territory in the nakade ().
• White captured three Black stones at the top, so gaining six points of territory ().

The comparison of the final positions in the right half of the board (superordinate variation at the left) shows:

• White lost five points of territory (, ), due to Black's territory-reducing moves.
• White did not get the one point of territory () in the centre.
• White did not capture Black's single stone at the bottom, so losing two points of territory ().
• Black gained one point of territory () at the top.
• Black gained four points of territory (, ), due to his second eye.
• Black did not capture an additional White stone () in the upper part of the hanezeki, so losing one point of territory.
• Black gained three points of territory () by not capturing White's upper group in the hanezeki.

In total, White lost four points, compared to the superordinate variation. That variation resulted in a White win by two points, so ...

Black wins by two points.

The outcome of the game (in the case that Black lives with his large group in the upper right) depends only on the development in the upper left corner that can be considered to be independent from the territory-reducing exchanges thereafter.
In order to ease the calculation of the final score for other subvariations in the upper left corner, we will determine the territory count in the non-shaded area of the board:

• Black will get nine points of territory (, ).
• White got 13 points of territory already (, , ).
• The game ended with two points for Black, so ...

White needs a surplus of six points in that area for reaching a jigo.