The decisive moment for White comes with . White has two options:

• : Capture of Black's group at top right.
• : Capture of Black's centre group.

White can - according to our analysis - first play all the endgame on the left side, beginning with , the tsuke of Yamada Shinji.

N. B.: Here we will compare the impact of the moves and only.

N. B. (II): We now know that Yamada Shinji's tsuke should be played even earlier, in order to stop Black from connecting the hanezeki's tail during the endgame on the left side, so enforcing the Semeai Variation.