Initial Setup

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In looking at the initial setup, Silver chose to more or less mirror Gold, with the exception of placing his first stone on d7 instead of d6.

5. F1-F2 D7-C7

6. D2-E2 Antipode D4-D5

7. F2 j F4 Antipode D5-D7 In this game, Gold and Silver both entered the movement phase with only 4 stones on the board. This type of beginning usually leads to an extremely positional start, but Gold pushes the action by threatening Silver's stone on F6 and opening F1

8. D4 G1 Gold drops a stone on D4. Even though D5 is a Prime space, D4 puts the stone in closer proximity to his stones on E2, F3 and F4. Silver places a stone on G1 evening the stone count at 5 apiece.

9. F3 j F5 j F7 (cF6) C7-C6 Gold decides to break up a potential square and chooses to capture the Silver stone on F6. Silver could capture Gold stone on F7 and lose control of the Antipode but decides to bring his stone on C7 into a Prime space instead.

10. D4-E4 G1-F1

11. F7-E7 B7-C7 Gold threatens to take control of the Antipode and capture the stone on B7 as well opening up G6 or G7. Silver has no choice but to defend the attack and open A7

12. G6 A7 Both players are able to enter a stone into play, but Silver suddenly has developed an interesting position. The Gold stone on E7 is temporarily stuck and Silver is only two moves away from building a square

13. G6-G7 A7-B7 Gold backtracks with G6-G7 and his forces are divided. Silver has taken initiative and is building a strong foundation to go on the offensive.

14. E7-F7 B7-B6 Silver begins his advance and Gold's stones in the lower right quadrant of the board could be in trouble.

15. F7-F6. (Antipode)D7-D5

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16. E4-E3 C7 j C5 Gold retreats from Silver's powerful alignment in the upper left corner of the board while simultaneously threatening the stone on F1. Silver begins his advance to divide and conquer Gold's forces.