A Three-Stone Handicap Game Against Leela

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Leela is a near pro-level AI. Let's see if I can win as black.

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K17 was followed by the marked stone.

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Leela likes taking the corner, which it did this as a response to Q10 by black as well.

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It's pretty good at reducing frameworks.

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The problem now is how to reduce white's framework. An invasion would likely result in death, which is why there is no choice but to reduce it.

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I'm quite satisfied with this result. I get the corner but the reduction has been somewhat successful. White seems to have a little better endgame potential.

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White started with B5 to close the corner. The it continued with L15 to minimize any aji black would have in the center.

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Without the marked stone black could've captured all of the four stones.

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White wins by 8.5 points.

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