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[Diagram]
Diag.: Position after black 71

White's survival at the open skirt top is a big question.


[Diagram]
Diag.: Moves 72-81

White 1 is undecisive and poor. It forms a half eye but it was better to keep connected to the stone on the right.

Black 2 cuts off the stone. White comes with 3 and black 4 puts pressure on white's 3.

White 5 was a mistake. White wanted to extend to the other side threatening to connect to his group. But black 6 is sente. White has no choice but to live with 7 and then...

Black 8 is too confident that the group at the top is dead. Black wants to take 2 white stones. The truth is, however that such captures are usually gote, so white will have an opportunity to do something. White sees that if black continues with the plan white will have a move at the top. So, now white gambles making the capture of two stones as difficult at possible. Those two stones have much lesser value than the life of the group at the top. White plays 9 and black 10 continues this small capture maneuver with a cut.



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