Interesting position!
Suppose B goes all out to capture the W bits.
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . 7 . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 5 3 O . O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . 4 X . O . . . O X X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . 1 . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . 2 . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Something like 2 above looks plausible. Black is very thin, though, and white may have very some very strong replies.
White may sacrifice in reply. For example, 3 to 7 cut off some central bits. However, B gets sente to play at 8, which is very big.
Next:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . X . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . O . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O O O . O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . X X . O . . . O X X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . 4 . . X 3 . . X X . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O 1 2 O . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . 8 X 5 X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . 6 7 . 9 . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
W has good yose like the sequence above. I think this means white's ahead.
Also, going back to the start, thi may be fun for white:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O . . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . 7 6 . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . B 5 . X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 8 3 4 O . O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . 9 X . O . . . O X X X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X X . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . 1 . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X . . 2 . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
This makes the marked stone weak whilst aiming at saving the white bits. There are many, many branches in the resulting fight but it looks plausible for white.
Hence I believe going for the kill is an overplay. SO I may play this:
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[go]$$W
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X X O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X O . O . . . . . . . . . O O . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . O , . O . O . O X . . |
$$ | . . X O . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . X O 7 . . . . . . . . X . . . X . . |
$$ | . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . W , . . . . . , . . . . . X O . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . O . . |
$$ | . . X . . X O . . . O . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 O . O O . X O O O . O . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . O . . . O X X X O . . . . |
$$ | . 4 . . . X . . . X X . . . X O . . . |
$$ | . . . O O . . 1 . , . . . . X , . . . |
$$ | . . X X 3 . a 5 X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
Black 2 is thick. White 3 then threatens the corner. Black 4 is the easiest response to read out, but hectic variations are possible here - I don't know if they should work or not.
4 should be sente - it threatens a next. So white may well protect somewehere (although it's conceivable for white to play at 6 above now - it s huge move so this may be an improvement for white).
Then black can attack the marked stone. Unlike the Intrepid's variation, I think white should play on a big as scale as possible. The atari at 6 seems to be the move.
If I were playing, I would try counting the game under the assumption white sacrifices the marked stone in this line. If white needs to save the stone, black clearly has good winnning chances.
I don't enjoy counting, though, so I'll leave the count as an exercise for the interested reader....