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C[2021/10/22

Black\: Sarah
White\: Peter

Handicap\: 0.5

White wins.
]
FF[4]GM[11]PL[B]SZ[11];B[f6];W[d10];B[f9];W[g7];B[e8];W[g10];B[e11]
C[Eric\:


Black should probably minimax with D8, or maybe H8.

https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Minimax]
;W[e7];B[f7];W[f4];B[g4];W[h2];B[g3];W[g2];B[e3];W[d2];B[f1](;W[f3]
C[Eric\: Better F5, see next variation.](;B[d5]
C[Eric\: Better E5, see next variation.];W[e6]
C[White is connected to the a-edge by template.];B[i2];W[h3];B[i3];W[h4]
;B[i5];W[i4];B[k3];W[j4];B[k4];W[j5];B[k5];W[j6];B[k6];W[j7];B[k7];W[j9]
;B[j8];W[h9];B[i8];W[h8];B[i7];W[h5];B[i9];W[h11];B[i10];W[i11];
B[resign])(;B[e5]
C[Eric\:

Black should bottleneck here.
(D2 does not significantly help a height-4 ladder.]
))(;W[f5]
C[Eric\:


This seems much better.

I don't see any good chance for Black to keep this off of the K-edge.]
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