Gote seki / solution 1
Unless White is komaster, Black to play can normally make seki with gote.
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Gote seki
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/33/f3b1a2fbbad43e17b3ac1864e1bc6f3f.png)
White komaster, ko
If White is komaster, she can make ko and win it, for 5 points of territory, in exchange for a Black play elsewhere.
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White komaster, no ko
Normally Black should make this play early, when a Black play elsewhere would gain more than 2½ points, so that even if White is komaster White cannot afford to make and win the ko.