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Black

White

43. H 7.

44. E 9. This connects the two parts of the White position, which connection was threatened by Black’s thirty-third stone. Moreover, the “Sente” remains with White, because Black cannot allow his position to be broken into through F 10.

45. G 12.

46. Q 14.

47. R 14.

48. R 17.

49. S 17.

50. Q 16.

51. R 15.

52. R 11. The beginner will wonder that 52 Q 15 did not follow 51 R 15. This is because 53 R 10–54 R 9 would result, and White would be at a disadvantage. The moves 46–52 are part of a deeply thought-out plan on the part of White. Black could afford to ignore No. 4 as long as it stood alone. Thereupon White increases it by Nos. 48 and 50, and Black must accept the sacrifice, because otherwise Nos. 27–29 are threatened. By this sacrifice White gets the territory around No. 27, and also has an opportunity of increasing his position on line Q by his fifty-second move.

53. O 16.

54. M 16. On the fifty-third move Black proceeds with the capture of Nos. 4, 48, and 50, while White on his fifty-fourth move hems in No. 27.

55. H 16. This move is ignored by White because Black must reply

56. M 17.