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Ed van Zon - Christian Freeling january 1997

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1. j10g7
2. n14e5
3. j16k5
4. i6i4
5. g5k7
6. o10e4
7. f3d11
8. d2c2Black 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. d8d3
10. e11f6
11. f11h6
12. h5i7
13. j7j8
14. k8k9
15. m9o9Black must defend because he needs eleven moves to complete in a free run, and white only ten.
16. p10p9
17. q10q9
18. r10r9
19. s10n7 Completing the defense of the left side, or is it..?
20. n9l11 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. m7n8 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. m8n6
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. l5m4
25. l4l3
26. k3k2
27. j2j1 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. l6i2 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. i1n12Black moves sente: white proves this to be wishful thinking!
30. k6j6
31. j5i5
32. j4j3
33. i3g3
34. h3h4
35. g2 Black resigns.