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Havannah Games
Ed van Zon - Christian Freeling |
december 1996
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1. j5 | p15 | |
2. p10 | o16 | |
3. i3 | n9 | |
4. d4 | g5 | |
5. f3 | e3 | |
6. f4 | e4 | |
7. f5 | e5 | |
8. e9 | f6 | |
9. g6 | g8 | |
10. i6 | g3 | |
11. f11 | o11 | |
12. o13 | j10 | Black maintains a defensive approach,
which requires dominance in the center. White certainly has the initiative
in terms of speed. |
13. g7 | f7 | |
14. h8 | h10 | Black
drops,
aiming at a connection to the rightmost side, at the same time minimalizing the use
white can make of his ring threat. On h9, white's i9 would force the cut to i10,
because white threatens to frame the ring. |
15. i10 | i11 | |
16. j11 | g12 | A magnet to the rightmost side. |
17. h11 | g10 | Black has the initiative... |
18. g11 | i12 | |
19. h12 | i13 | |
20. h13 | i14 | |
21. h16? | g14! | This one point jump is very
troublesome for white: black can reach the top right side before
white can reach the corner. |
22. h14 | i15 | |
23. h15
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j17
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White resigns.
The reason for white's resignation may not be clear to every viewer, though for an
experienced player it will hardly come as a surprise.
The first thing to note about the position is that black has a frame
, an as yet incomplete connection that cannot be broken by the opponent.
Typically, attacking a frame with nothing but tactical threats only enforces it.
The only way to counter a frame is having a faster frame.
Now black's frame takes two moves to connect to the bottom left side, three
to the top right, four to the bottom right and one to connect 9 and 14. With at
least one tempo won by a ring threat around white 4, and another (if timed right)
by connecting at h9 and moving down from black 17, with f9, e7 and d5 requiring
direct answers. So black needs eight moves. White 4 and his group on the right
are dead. His ring threats around black 4 and 10 are good for making a few tempo
moves, but apart from the bottom left side, this group is far from everything.
In strategic respect, white 5 may not have been the best plan. |
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