Beginner Exercise 11 / Endgame Question
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Gote
After
White is safe, having at least a seki. The question has arisen, what is the value of a play now at a?
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Sente
Actually,
is a 7 point sente. (Assuming, as usual, that the left corner is Black territory.)
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Sente again
And then
is another sente, worth 5 points. Now let's talk about a play at a.
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Black first
makes seki.
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White first
is a 5 point sente.