I'm pretty sure you win. The best reply I can think of is 27.d22, but after 28.e21, a run up the left side looks hopeless, with Black's strong threats of D18 and D14. Your 26.f19 looks very unintuitive, but I think that's because you're more likely to see these moves in a different order: 26.e2127.d2228.f19.
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2008-12-29 at 16:25,
dushoff
said:
Thank you for those helpful comments. Suddenly, 26.e21 seems obvious (and obviously better than my actual move). Hard to believe I was that close to beating Axel, and even harder to believe I didn't notice the first several times I reviewed the game.