: ( 2037)
Black is unable to resist; intending to capture White's just played stone is a grave mistake.

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White prevents her pivotal tsuke stone from becoming captured.

We follow the sequence that has been shown to us by Yamada Shinji.

: (A 2037b)
Black secures the connection of his stones.

KataGo recommends defending territory in the corner, instead, starting with the attachment at .

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White intends to enlarge her eye space at the top.

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White's throw-in makes use of the special properties of the corner, creating a shortage of liberties for Black at the left edge.

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Black's group has a sure eye now.

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Black cannot rob White's group her eye at the upper edge.

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Black ends in gote.

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White continues with the endgame in the lower left corner.

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Black plays Jérôme Hubert's Solid Connection here, as there is no profitable alternative available.

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Cheng's Bump in the left centre.

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White creates one point of territory in the right centre.

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Black simply connects.

Trying to start an approach-move ko by playing the hane of , instead, is love's labour lost. Black would still be unable to capture White's stones in the upper left corner.

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The upper left corner is seki.

White will later capture at to gain an additional prisoner.

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

• White's cumulated gain in the upper left corner is 18 points.
• Black's cumulated gain at the top is one point.
• White did not capture Black's stone in the lower left corner, so losing two points.

In total, Black lost 15 points.

White + 3 => White + 18

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