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C[2021/04/23

Black\: Kyle
White\: Frank

Handicap\: 0.5

White wins.
]
FF[4]GM[11]PL[B]SZ[11];B[f6];W[d10];B[i8];W[i9];B[j8];W[i10];B[g9];W[h8]
;B[g8];W[e11]
C[Eric\:

This was a bad move by White, due to Black's response.  If White had omitted the exchange and later been the one to play H9, then E10 would've become a forcing move for White.]
;B[e10];W[d11];B[g10]
C[Peter\: h9 was strictly better.

Eric\: Are you sure?
See Room 47.

Peter\: OK, not strictly in the technical sense. But it was a much better move in my opinion, because it would have killed h8, taken away White's 2nd and 3rd row ladder escapes, and connected g8 to the edge. The tradeoff, as you pointed out, is that unlike g10, it would not have killed f9, leaving White to kill e10 instead.

Kyle\: After playing this move, I thought that I was already losing, although it was not actually the losing move. In the rest of the game, I kept complaining about this move. It looks like Black just wasted a move.

Eric\: Well,

(a) _White_ was threatening to play G10, so although given only the position just before G10, I might suggest one of H9,D8,C9 or possibly something farther away instead of G10, G10 at least stopped _White_ from connecting C10 to the k-edge.

and

(b) Looking back to just before E11, G10 demonstrates that E11 was bad for White, and in fact is the _only_ move that does not risk White getting more from this region than White should've been able to get.  Just before E11, White _already had_ the ability to play H9, and without the E11 sequence, White playing H9 would've made E10 into a maybe-forcing move.]
;W[g7];B[e8];W[e7];B[f7];W[h2];B[c4];W[e5];B[d6];W[d5];B[c6];W[c8]
C[Mohex\: h4 is winning for Black.];B[b8];W[b9](;B[i3]
C[Losing move. h4 was winning. See next variation.];W[g4];B[h6](;W[j1];
B[k1];W[j2];B[k2];W[j3];B[k3];W[j4];B[k4];W[i6];B[resign])(;W[j4]
C[Eric\:

faster win
(ladder escape fork)]))(;B[h4];W[h3];B[f4];W[f5](;
B[g4]C[Eric\: i4 was a simpler win, see next variation.];W[g5];B[h5];
W[g6];B[i6];W[h7];B[h9];W[i7];B[k6];W[j6];B[k5];W[j5];B[k4];W[j4];B[k3];
W[j2];B[j3];W[f3];B[e4];W[e3];B[d4];W[c3];B[d3];W[e1];B[g2])(;B[i4]
C[Eric\:

simpler win];W[g5];B[h6])))
