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C[2022/06/24

Black\: Scott
White\: Eric

Handicap\: 1.5

White wins.

Comments by Eric.
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FF[4]GM[11]PL[B]SZ[11];B[f6];B[h2]
C[This gave up 0.5 of the 1.5, since if h2 was a swap piece then White shouldn't swap.

(Although it's closer to the center than most placements of the swap piece, it does very little to take away access to White's nearby edge.)]
;W[f4];B[g4];W[f9];B[e9];W[f7];B[e7];W[e8];B[d8];W[d9];B[c9];W[f5]
C[I didn't see the issue at the time, but\:

Now I can prove that Black wins.]
;B[g5];W[b11]
C[At this point, I thought there was probably a way for Black to keep me off the A-edge, but figured I'd maybe connect there anyway or maybe cut through with G3+H3 in return.]
;B[a11];W[b10];B[a10];W[b9]
C[Sometime between A11 and B9, I remembered that, something like 2 months ago, I lost a game because it turned out that stones like F4+F5 _were_ enough to escape the ladder, despite their distance from the edge.

Once I remembered that, I also remembered how my opponent did it.]
;B[a9];W[c7];B[b7];W[c5];B[c6];W[d6];B[d5];W[e3];B[d4];W[d3];B[c10];
W[c11];B[d10];W[d11];B[h9]C[good];W[g10]C[White tries to foil.](;B[h10]
C[Better\: i8. See next variation.];W[g9](;B[i7]
C[After this, I could prove that I win.

I kept this win for the rest of the game.

Better\: h8, see next variation.]
;W[h8];B[i8];W[h6](;B[j5]C[Better\: i5, see next variation.];W[i4];
B[resign])(;B[i5]C[Better defense, but White still wins.
];W[i6];B[k5];
W[j5];B[k4];W[j4];B[k3];W[j2];B[j3];W[h3]))(;B[h8]
C[I'm fairly confident that this wins for Black.

Mohex\: yes.];W[g7](;
B[h6]C[now here])(;B[i6]C[or here])))(;B[i8]
C[This wins for the same reason as in Tom's move.

https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Tom%27s_move]
;W[j8];B[h10];W[g9];B[h7];W[i7];B[h8]))
