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AB[rk][pl][rl][qm][qn][qo][op][pp][nq][qq][rq][nr]
AW[rm][rn][ro][qp][rp][pq][pr]
C[Black plays.

Source:  a classic problem from the centuries old Xuan Xuan QiJing collection.]
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B[sr]
C[A famous tesuji to create a dead corner shape.  Amazingly, only this move works!];
W[qr]
C[White has no other choice.  Otherwise, Black plays here to capture the stones at the bottom.];
B[rr]
C[Now Black almost has a bulky five shape in the corner.  And just as bad, White has to make an approach move just to atari the corner stones.]
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W[rs];B[sm];W[qs];B[sn];W[ss];B[sq]
C[Black completes the bulky five.  White dies.]
)
    (;
    W[sq]
    C[White cannot even salvage an unfavorable multi-step ko with this throw-in.]
    (;
    B[so]
    C[Black calmly makes a throw-in tesuji of his own.  White is dead.];
    W[sn]
    C[For example ...];
    B[sl];W[rs];B[sp];W[sq];B[sp]
    )
        (;
        B[sm]
        C[A mistake.];
        W[so]
        LB[rs:A]
        C[Now White does have an unfavorable 2 step ko, although Black takes the ko 1st.  (White has to make an approach move at A.)]
        )
    )
)
    (;
    B[rr]
    C[Black's shape looks similar to the correct line, but ...];
    W[sr]
    C[... White takes the vital point with this sparkling tesuji.];
    B[sq];W[rs]
    C[Black has to fight a ko.];
    B[ss]
    C[For example ...];
    W[qs]
    )
    (;
    B[rs]
    C[Black's corner shape looks good, but ...];
    W[rr]
    C[... now White has this corner tesuji.];
    B[qr];W[sr];B[sq];W[ps]
    C[You can easily verify that White wins the semeai by one move.]
    )
    (;
    B[qr]
    C[Also fails.];
    W[rs]
    C[Yet another must-know corner tesuji, which is to take the 2-1 point closest to the 2 weak stones.];
    B[qs];W[ps]
    C[White easily wins the semeai.]
    )
)

