Christiaan Freeling (NL), white, and Anneke Treep (NL), black.
| 1. f25 | c64 | |
| 2. ed3 | cd4 | |
| 3. hxe4 | f87 | |
| 4. f3x6 | d6e5x | Anneke's particular defence against the f25 opening. |
| 5. g56 | ad5 | |
| 6. d2x4 | bc4x | |
| 7. h67 | In our third game the same position was reached, and 7. ... d76?? turned out catastrophic. White wins two men with 8. gf6-de6x 9. fe4-cd4x 10. dc3 (to create the necessary phalanx on the 4-line) -c54x 11. gf4-ce4x 12. e1x3, wiping of a six-men phalanx. With this move out, black's options seem limited to manoeuvring in the backfield on the left side. | |
| b54 | ||
| 8. d34! | White threatens d45, initiating the very combination mentioned above. Exchange over the d-line allows the same combination with worse effect. Black cannot block with cd5 either because e23 loses two man. | |
| f98 | Black must sacrifice a man to protect the e-line. This man is won on strategical grounds, not because of a tactical mistake. It is up to Anneke to show that the white strategy is not a refutation of this defence. | |
| 9. hg7 | cxf7 | |
| 10. f4x6 | e96 | |
| 11. jh6 | bc6 | |
| 12. h57 | cd6 | |
| 13. d45x | d8x6 | Threatening to win a man with ef8 and f09. This man would have a price tag attached to it: white can promote on f0 in a few moves, so it is not at all sure black would go for the man. But I'm a woodgrabber anyway so I'll spoil the option. I'd rather promote and still be a man up. |
| 14. h68 | cd5! | Threatening e54 (e1x3) d5f4x. |
| 15. gf4 | Again a forced move (f57 seems premature). | |
| e64! | After pointing out that e54 also wins a man
(after the exchange black has a T-strike with e65; ironically this is less spectacular, but
more solid), Anneke initiates a surprising combination that wins a man, leaves her with
considerable positional advantage, and is very instructive in terms of priorities of
capture. All capture is of course obligatory. In the rules you can see that 'phlanx-capture', (capture with a phalanx), always takes precedence over 'piece-capture, (capture with a piece). Within either principle, maximum capture takes precedence. Now what have we here. | |
| 16. e1x3 | Takes precedence over gxe6. | |
| d5e4x | Watch this fella! | |
| 17. gxe6 | Phalanx-capture takes precedence. | |
| e4f3x | Ain't that a beauty. Note that white cannot immediately capture the man on f3 with f45. That is: actually he can if he wants to lose the game: 18. f45??-f34x 19. f65x-ef7 20. ixg7-e8f6x and goodbye. | |
| 18. hg7 | dxf7 | |
| 19. f45 | f34x | |
| 20. f6x | bd4 | White has used a last resource to eliminate the most acute danger. Black blocks the man on e6. |
| 21. ih5 | c43 | |
| 22. hg5 | g98 | |
| 23. gf5 | cd3 | Maybe f09 would have been better; white now has a 2x2 exchange that is precisely enough to draw. |
| 24. ed6 | d3x5 | |
| 25. f5e6x | e87x | |
| 26. fe6 | f09 | |
| 27. ih6 | ef7 | White cannot move e67, because of g87. |
| 28. h67 | fg7x | |
| 29. ih7x | g87 | To contain the white man on e6. |
| 30. hg8 | f98 | |
| 31. h78 | White is down to his last move, but now so is black! Please release me, let me go ... | |
| d43 | And so she does. At this point white offers a draw. Black does not accept. I must point out that, generally, one needs tree kings to trap a lone king. | |
| 32. ed6 | de3 | |
| 33. dc6 | ef3 | |
| 34. cb6 king | fg3 king | |
| 35. c64 | g35 | |
| 36. bf4 | Black offers a draw. White accepts. |