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C[2021/07/30

Black\: Peter
White\: Frank

Black wins.]FF[4]GM[11]PL[B]
SZ[11];B[a4];W[swap-pieces];B[g5];W[h9];B[j9](;W[h8]
C[Eric\: better j8, see next variation.];B[e7];W[e8];B[d8];W[c10];B[d9];
W[d10];B[e9];W[e10];B[g9];W[g8];B[f9];W[f6];B[e5];W[f3];B[h5](;W[h4]
C[Eric\: better g4? See next variation.];B[d5](;W[e3]
C[Peter\: I worried White might play g2. See next variation for what might have happened then.]
;B[g3];W[resign])(;W[g2];B[e3];W[f1];B[c3];W[e2];B[b2];W[d4];B[b5];W[c5]
;B[b6];W[c7];B[g4]C[Black wins (h2 or c6, e6 or g7).]))(;W[g4]
C[Eric\:

I would've tried here.];B[i3]
C[Eric\:

My idea is, if Black connects this way,];W[h2]
C[Eric\:

then White will get fairly strong here.

Note that Black should not play F4 or G3 or H3 before G2, since otherwise whiteG2 makes Black's piece useless.]
))(;W[j8]
C[Eric\:


This is standard.

(White is not as strong in the E9 direction, but White's ladder escapes are more robust.)]
))
