1. j10 | g7 | |
2. n14 | e5 | |
3. j16 | k5 | |
4. i6 | i4 | |
5. g5 | k7 | |
6. o10 | e4 | |
7. f3 | d11 | |
8. d2 | c2 | Black has secured the
side. If white starts pushing on the D-line, black must
drop to the B-line at an
early stage, to parry white's ring threat with D3-D4-D5-E6, that would enable
him to trap the black chain
with D7. |
9. d8 | d3 | |
10. e11 | f6 | |
11. f11 | h6 | |
12. h5 | i7 | |
13. j7 | j8 | |
14. k8 | k9 | |
15. m9 | o9 | Black must defend
because he needs eleven moves to complete in a free run, and white only ten. |
16. p10 | p9 | |
17. q10 | q9 | |
18. r10 | r9 | |
19. s10 | n7 |
Completing the defense of the left side, or is it..? |
20. n9 | l11 |
After w20, white can jump to M7, threatening to connect to the left for a fork
and to the right for a ring. Black must defend if white can do it. But can he? |
21. m7 | n8 |
Obviously we're going to find out. White tries to force a tactical win.
Since he's attacking a dead group, he doesn't lose anything in the process. |
22. m8 | n6 | |
23. o6
 | k4
 |
L5 doesn't do the job! White has successive ring threats
at K6 and J5, then a fork threat at J4 which must be blocked at K3, followed
by a ring threat at I3 and the jump to J2, where K2 is available for a fork
and J1 for a bridge. |
24. l5 | m4 | |
25. l4 | l3 | |
26. k3 | k2 | |
27. j2 | j1 |
Black's sente move 20 ...L11 proved correct:
white couldn't force a win, but his action has won him
two tempi on the lower left side. |
28. l6 | i2 |
Black 28 is still gote. Of several
defenses, i2 is the only one with an extra option (to be employed later,
if at all) to lengthen white's route to the lower left side. |
29. i1 | n12 | Black moves sente:
white proves this to be wishful thinking! |
30. k6 | j6 | |
31. j5 | i5 | |
32. j4 | j3 | |
33. i3 | g3 | |
34. h3 | h4 | |
35. g2 | |
Black resigns. |