45 <strong>a: Important</strong> because they control the corner and have expansion potential along the upper side, and together with the “c” stones trap (and effectively capture) B“b”.<br>
47 <strong>c: Important</strong> because together with the “a” stones they not only trap B“b” to take a large territory, but also project influence toward the open upper middle of the board.<br>
49 <strong>d: Important</strong> because together with the “f” and “g” stones they trap (and effectively capture) the two W”e” stones, to both assure life and take a modestly large territory.
51 <strong>e: Important</strong> because their demise will ensure the connectivity and safety of the B“d” and “f” stones, to yield a large Black territory. But that’s not yet certain, so this situation will have to be watched closely until it’s definitively resolved.<br>
52 <strong>f: Important</strong> because they are not only essential to the capture of the W”e” stones, but the weak link in that process. They also make an essential contribution to the W“h”, B“I” potential Seki below.<br>
53 <strong>g: Important</strong> primarily because of their impact on both the fight against the B “d” stones and the W“h”, B“I” Seki to their right.<br>
54 <strong>h: Important</strong> because of the very large number of points the difference between their life or death represents. At the moment they’re embedded in a Ko fight with the Black “h” stones which will probably result in Seki when the Ko is filled, but
58 <strong>j: Quite Important</strong>, because the Ko it’s involved in will determine whether or not the fight between the W”h” and B“j” groups becomes Seki.<br>
59 <strong>k: Overwhelmingly Important.</strong> If this group should die the Seki to its left would collapse and then the W “h” stones would die as well, leading to White’s instant resignation.<br>
71 <strong>n: Quite Important.</strong> This group is crucial to both the Seki below (because of its impact on the B“m” group), and the W “e” fight.<br>
72 <strong>o: Very Important</strong>, because in conjunction with the other nearby Black stones it helps contain the crucially important W”k” group.<br>
76 <strong>r: Intrinsically Important</strong> because as the lone 4-4 point stone in a corner, this stone’s territorial and influence possibilities are at present almost unlimited. But the current
77 focus of this game must be the key fight now underway on the lower side, so the realization of any potential here must wait until that urgent issue is resolved.<br>
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