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Cheng's Tenuki, addressing the still open border at the top.

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White captures Black's single stone in the lower left corner, in sente.

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Cheng's Bump in the left centre.

Choosing Jérôme Hubert's Peep at would not make a difference here, as White would destroy Black's potential territory in the left centre with after Black destroyed White's potential territory in the right centre with .

Capture Variation:

Compared to the superordinate variation, ...

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

In total, gains and losses compensate for each other.

White + 1 => White + 1

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