(;AP[Hexon:0.0]FF[4]GM[11]SZ[11]C[2022/08/12

Black\: Scott
White\: Peter

Handicap\: 0.5

White wins.
]PL[B]
;B[f6]
;W[g7]
;B[e8]
;W[c9]C[Eric\: I would've peeped immediately at e7.

(https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Peep)]
(;B[f9]C[Eric\: This is slow,

https\://senseis.xmp.net/?Slow

since E8 was _almost_ connected to the 11-edge anyway.

i8 would've reconnected e8 to the 11-edge while also being a corner move.

https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Corner_move

H4 is another corner and a good option for Black here; see next variation.]
 ;W[e7]
 (;B[e5]C[Peter\: Black should not have ignored the bridge intrusion!

See next variation, which was also played, for when Black defends the bridge.]
  ;W[f7]C[Peter\: White is connected by templates.]
  ;B[h7]
  ;W[h6]
  ;B[k4]
  ;W[i5]
  ;B[resign])
 (;B[f7]
  ;W[f4]
  ;B[g4]
  ;W[h2]
  ;B[i2]
  ;W[g5]
  (;B[f5]C[Eric\: Better h4, see next variation.]
   ;W[h3]
   ;B[j3]
   ;W[i3]
   ;B[j2]
   ;W[i4]
   ;B[k4]
   ;W[j4]
   ;B[k3]
   ;W[j6]
   ;B[d6]
   ;W[d5]C[Peter\: With hindsight, maybe e5 would have been better?

Eric\: or maybe D3
(still with hindsight ^_^)?
]
   (;B[e4]C[Peter\: I think this move was a mistake, because if White defends the bridge, White gets a 3rd row escape and wins.

I think prior to this move, Black was winning, see next variation.


Eric\: I didn't see Black's better line until well after I read your comment, but now that I do, I confirm that it in fact wins for Black.]
    ;W[e5]
    ;B[g3]
    ;W[g1]
    ;B[d3]
    ;W[e2]
    ;B[c2]
    ;W[e3]
    ;B[a6]
    ;W[c5]
    ;B[resign])
   (;B[g3]
    ;W[g2]
    ;B[f3]
    ;W[f2]
    ;B[e3]
    ;W[e2]
    ;B[c3]
    ;W[d3]
    ;B[c4]
    ;W[d4]
    ;B[b6]
    ;W[c6]
    ;B[b7]
    ;W[c7]
    ;B[b8]
    ;W[c10]
    ;B[c8]))
  (;B[h4]C[Eric\:


This probably wins.

( https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Foiling )]
   ;W[i3]
   ;B[h3]
   ;W[f5]
   ;B[h5]
   ;W[g6]
   ;B[h7])))
(;B[h4]
 ;W[e9]C[Eric\:

This is what happens if White insists on not letting E8 connect to the 11-edge.]
 ;B[d9]
 ;W[c11]
 ;B[b10]
 ;W[c10]
 ;B[d10]
 ;W[d11]
 ;B[e10]
 ;W[e11]
 ;B[f10]
 ;W[f11]
 ;B[h10]
 ;W[g10]
 ;B[h9]
 ;W[g9]
 ;B[h8]
 ;W[g8]
 ;B[i6]
 ;W[h5]
 ;B[j4]))
