DietersMistakesIn2022/solution25
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White to play
is best - the core of the action is in the center. a is taking small bait, and c is locally good shape but doesn't really threaten anything.
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White to play
Although White can take a large corner, those two stones were wasted anyway. Reducing the center and affecting the White stones in the vicinity is much larger.