White can make a seki in sente.
ChrisRyan?: can also be played as hane, threatening to escape. The outcome after is very similar to the main line. Note that if is played at a, then Black can live outright.
White plays at the vital point.
Black 1 seems pretty vital too. However, two successive hanes and a placement kill Black.
An immediate placement with White 2 is inferior: Black has a ko now.
The hane creates a bulky five.
Now a and b are miai.
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