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Saith the bot:
|4.o12 gives black an advantage.
|5.k17 gives white an advantage.
|6.k14 7.r16 8.s21 9.u21 10.t19 11.v18 12.w18 13.t17 14.v20 15.q20 16.p22 17.p21 18.r21 19.l13 20.l12 21.h10 22.h12 23.d10 24.f13 25.f14 26.d14 27.r20 28.s19 29.o19 30.n21 31.m18 32.k20 33.j21 34.j22 35.k19 36.h21 black wins. Or if 33.l20 34.l22 35.h18 36.g20 37.g19 38.f18 39.h21 40.j18 41.f17 42.l17 43.k15 44.n13 45.l16 46.r13
|7.o15 is apparently a cleaner path to victory. 8.o12 9.n13 10.n10 11.m9 12.q11 13.i11 14.i19 15.m16 16.l9 17.j9 white wins.
|8.k7 9.m9 10.o7 11.o8 12.i4 13.s10 14.p5 15.t6 The sequence of moves black i4 followed by white s10 is called a windmill sequence because it goes around the board. Black was threatening p5 across the top and at the same time threatening an attack through the middle of the board with perhaps black i11. White's response at s10 is strong enough to remain connected in the top right corner and at the same time improves white's threats to connect straight down on the right side. I wanted to see what would happen if black were to continue the windmill, so I forced black to play 16.q20. To my eyes this looked good enough to win the bottom right corner, and at the same time made two threats on the left, either i18 or something in the middle like i11. The bot played 17.u19 18.t17 19.s14 20.r16 21.l17 winning through the middle.