is the natural response to
.
captures the
stones.
If White stubbornly resists with ,
prevents escape. Then,
Black gets full work out of .
SkyCrashesDown: Doesn't playing here instead capture an extra white stone
?
JanRamon: Not really. the one white stone is not so important because now the two cutting white stones can escape with
. Up to
, Black can only capture these cutting stones in ko. If White wins the ko, Black's center stones are dead.