(;AP[Hexon:0.0]FF[4]GM[11]SZ[11]C[2022/08/19

Black\: Jia
White\: Peter

Handicap\: 0.5

White wins.
]PL[B]
;B[i8]
;W[i9]
;B[h9]
;W[g5]
;B[h4]
;W[g4]
(;B[d6]C[Eric\: Better c4, see next variation.]
 ;W[e4]
 ;B[c4]
 ;W[f6]
 ;B[e7]
 ;W[d3]
 (;B[i3]C[Eric\: Better c3, see next variation.]
  ;W[h2]
  ;B[h5]
  ;W[f7]
  ;B[f4]C[Eric\: e6 is strictly better.]
  ;W[e3]
  ;B[c3]
  ;W[e8]
  ;B[c9]
  ;W[d10]
  ;B[j6]
  ;W[j1]
  ;B[k1]
  ;W[j5]
  ;B[i6]
  ;W[j2]
  ;B[c5]
  ;W[b11]
  ;B[a11]
  (;W[c6]C[Eric\: b10 is simpler, see next variation.]
   (;B[a7]C[Eric\: Does b8 work? See next variation.]
    ;W[b8]
    ;B[d5]
    ;W[b10]
    ;B[b9]
    ;W[a10]
    ;B[resign])
   (;B[b8]C[Eric\: Does White beat this?

Peter\: I think so. See the following moves.

Eric\: Ah, right.

Peter\: Nevertheless, your point remains valid, as starting with b10 instead of c6 would work without requiring c8 or d8, and therefore really is simpler.]
    ;W[b9]
    ;B[b10]
    ;W[c8]
    ;B[d8]
    ;W[d5]))
  (;W[b10]C[Eric\:

This would've been simpler, due to B8 instead of A7.]
   ;B[a10]
   ;W[b9]
   ;B[a9]
   ;W[b8]
   ;B[a8]
   ;W[b6]
   ;B[b7]
   ;W[c6]
   ;B[c7]
   ;W[d5]))
 (;B[c3]C[Eric\:

This seems better to me, since either Black keeps an escape here for height-3 ladders along the 1-edge or White gets only a height-3 ladder along the A-edge.]))
(;B[c4]C[Eric\:


I would've gotten a ladder escape, since G4 _did_ leave a substantial chance of a ladder along the top.

(C4 is also a  https\://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Corner_move .)]))
