Three points down after seven games, he pulled up to equality, only to see his redoubtable opponent draw away again. Battling gamely, he was still two down at the two-thirds stage, but won the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth games and retained his grip on a now desperate adversary to the end.
Tatlong puntos down matapos ang pitong laro, siya mahila hanggang sa pagkakapantay-pantay, lamang na makita ang kanyang katakot-takot sa ibayo ilayo muli. Battling nakahanda, siya pa rin ang dalawang down sa thirds dalawang-yugto, ngunit won ang ikadalawampu, dalawampu't-unang, dalawampu't-ikalima, at dalawampu't-anim laro at itinabi sa kanyang mahigpit na pagkakahawak sa ngayon ng isang lulong sa Adversary sa dulo.